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Moss Bell

Galerina hypnorum group

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Beautiful, delicate orange mushroom with translucent, thin-skinned striated bells and thin orange stipe. Caps were about 10 mm wide. Gills were spaced and the same colour as the cap.

Habitat:

Spotted growing on a damp moss-covered eucalyptus tree trunk.

Occurrence record:
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/6d4a1cf2-45c2-4bde-befd-87d7c9b7d947

Notes:

True Galerina hypnorum is said to be found only in the Northern hemisphere. These appear to belong to the group.

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Comments (1)

Delicate little thing :)

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