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Purple bonnet

Mycena kuurkacea

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Description:

Usually in small groups but this one was solitary. About 80mm tall with a cap 25mm wide. Dark rose coloured at the centre with radiating lines fading to margin. Stipe fine, straight, pinkish brown, slightly translucent; gills simple, white adnexed; distinct deep red fluid near top.

Habitat:

Wet rain forest floor in national park dominated by eucalyptus.

Notes:

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Reference Links:

Bill Leithhead's Fungi Pages - Mycena kuurkacea 4

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