lawrencemmartin's Identifications

Fruiting on a fallen Alnus rubra.
Harvested 3 sections of fruiting bodies.
Dehydrated all specimens thoroughly and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation linked below-

https://mushroomobserver.org/551255?q=1qH1X

Multiple dry/withered specimens fruiting beneath Acer macrophyllum and Douglas fir.
Cupuliform Helvella.
Entire exterior of all fruiting bodies coated in velvety tomentum. Pale grayish brown overall.
Odor: pleasant, sweet.
Harvested 6 specimens.
Removed/scraped fertile tissue from a number of cup interior sections and crush mounted on a glass slide in 3% KOH.
MICROSCOPY:
Spores: fusoid(tapered/pointed at both ends), younger spores triguttulate with large central guttule(oil droplet). Roughened.
Asci: very long, thick with 8 or more spores.
Squared off blunt asci tips/apices.
Paraphyses: very thick with swollen tips(clavate).
Micro and macro features match H. macropus not H. fibrosa.
Dehydrated all specimens thoroughly and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation linked below-

https://mushroomobserver.org/551260?q=1oaSB

Single young button with perfectly squared off golden cap in woodchips beneath Western red cedar.
Odor: pungent marzipan/almond extract.
Harvested specimen for culinary use(making “prince toast” for Sunday evening dinner).
Removed a small portion of cap and dehydrated for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation linked below-

https://mushroomobserver.org/551261?q=1oaSB