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Dripping Bonnet

Roridomyces roridus aka Mycena rorida

Photo by Lipase
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Field Notes

Description:

Growing on coniferous sticks that were lying on the forest floor. The caps were up to 10mm across and the tallest fruitbody was about 3.5cm tall. There was no obvious smell or taste to the mushrooms perhaps because they were so small. The stems were quite tough or hard. R. roridus can be a bioluminescent fungus. Interestingly 'foxfire', the phenomenon of glowing wood that's caused by bioluminescent fungi, was used in the worlds first submersible craft to light up the needles on the various dials inside the craft. It was noted that the wood wouldn't glow under a certain temperature so during the Winter these submersibles were sidelined

Notes:

October 2014 folder

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Thanks for the kind words Jae
Great captures, Lipase.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2014

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