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Mycena

Mycena mulawaestris

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

These were a very dark brwon with black depressed centres. The caps were delicate and about 10mm wide. Stipes were surprisingly tough, a dark brown and about five times the length of the cap height. Gills widely spaced and paler.

Habitat:

spotted in a tree hollow in very damp earth. damp fern forest gully in a Eucalyptus forest.

Reference Links:

Sighting - BowerBird

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Leuba Ridgway
Thanks for looking at this and for your advice, gully.moy.
gully.moy
Mycena is very likely but there are also some small Conocybe and Galerina species which look a bit like that.

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PublishedMay 22, 2013

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