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Common Name:Angel Wings
Genus / Species:Pleurocybella porrigens
Photo:

Memaloose Lake Trail - October 27, 2004

Photo 2:

Wolf Creek Falls Trail - October 23, 2007

Notes:This is an edible mushroom that is delicious sautéed with salt and a little olive oil. They are found in colonies on dead conifers, where as the similar Oyster Mushrooms are found on dead hardwoods.
 
Reference:All That the Rain Promises, and More... by Arora / Cascade-Oylmpic Natural History by Mathews