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Bonnet fungus

Mycena fumosa

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A small white mushroom ( about 12 mm wide) with a viscid and striate cap. The centre of the cap was a pale brown. Stipe was translucent with a ring of hyphae at the base.

Habitat:

Spotted on a damp log - ? eucalyptus.

Grows in colonies or clumps on decaying logs in damp forests.

Notes:

Very like the Pixie's Parasol (Mycena interrupta), except for the blue colour.

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/24492006

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PublishedJune 3, 2013

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