In rocky meadow
In pasayten wilderness
Good for using as a nail file. Reproduces with spores. About 2 feet tall, slender, segmented, green stalk. Much was broken. Grows within this area and is not seen in other areas of the trail.
Dried flowers under madrona
This tree and one other in a dark, mostly conifer and alder forest, had one side covered in tiny whitish gilled mushrooms. iNaturalist suggests Fairy Parachutes...?
Thought was G. Oregonens but on second consideration…maybe G. tsugae??