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Bleeding Mycena

Mycena kuurkacea

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Clumps of dark pink mycena with caps upto 15 mm wide. The conical caps had dark centres with pale gills and dark pink stems. The free edge of the gills were also dark (marginate)

Habitat:

Spotted growing in colonies amongst wood chip mulch.

Notes:

Broken stems appeared to bleed red.

Reference Links:

Mycena kuurkacea, Bill Leithhead's Fungi Pages - Mycena kuurkacea 1

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Comments (5)
Leuba Ridgway
Thanks Jemma & Jared. I've been looking for this for quite awhile so, I was really excited when I spotted this little bunch - probably a little too excited as you can see from my fuzzy pic #1 !! Sorry, about that.

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