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Purple bonnets

Mycena clarkeana

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

A few separate specimens whereas this species is often in large clusters; about 40mm tall and 20mm wide; highly domed pink-lilac cap with striations to margin; lavender gills and stipe.

Habitat:

Very damp, tall rainforest gully on an old mossy log.

Notes:

At last some better shots of these. Fairly common at this time of year. Found across most of southern Australia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Mycena+clarkeana

Reference Links:

Mycena clarkeana - Overview, Mycena clarkeana, http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/show_species.cgi?find_this=Mycena%20clark…

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