heelsplitter's Identifications

Growing on a dead part of a living Fagus. Purple pigment extracted with KOH

Growing on a cut hardwood stump. Odor of fenugreek present.

Growing on unknown dead wood. Tsuga, Rhododendron, Acer, Aesculus, Platanus occidentalis noted in area.

Did not excavate.

On hardwood stick.

Growing on dead, decorticated wood.

Growing on dead, decaying Tsuga.

Growing on dead decorticated wood

Growing from a Magnolia cone.

Appearing to grow from soil, no nut found.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177897576

Related observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178662895

On decaying Thuja

only growing on decaying burnt wood

Growing of hardwood decayed quercus stick in hydric hammock, no spores could be found