Tricky Tricholoma, suspect 3 different species. Southwest Washington, United States
After having much success finding a couple big patches of unambiguous T. murrillianum in one area, I decided to go check out a different part of the forest, at a different elevation, where i had noted pinesap in the past. I found all of these, divided up by the rough area they were picked, in order.
has smell, but faint, firm stalk, sand present, tapered. I suspect this is T. murrillianum but the relative faintness of the smell is throwing me off.
smell, but faint. Less confident in this one.
thinner, straighter stipe, smell maybe present but faint. These i suspect are T. dulciolens
darker color, more earthy, no spice. Maybe T. focale?
hard to say on smell, darker, very small. Also maybe T. focale
has smell, somewhat faint. These i suspect are T. murrillianum
Note on the smell: I've been going back and forth smelling these against the big bag of matsutake in my fridge that all smelled strongly of cinnamon when picked to the point where I'm no longer confident in what im smelling at all. I'll revisit them after giving my nose a rest!
Not really planning to eat any of these, though that big flag in group 1 is surprisingly bug free.