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Description:

These fungi were growing along a fallen log, very closely packed together. They had long 'stems' and were soft to the touch. Brownish colour on top with light gills.

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

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3 Comments

MichelBeeckman
MichelBeeckman 8 years ago

Agaricales is the name used for (almost) all Gilled mushrooms. Taxonomically it is ranked as an order, one rank above families. So the Agaricales contain families like Agaricaceae, Mycenaceae and Tricholomataceae. Within the taxonomic unit family, you'll find a genus (plu. genera). In this case you can find genera like Agaricus, Coprinus (sensu stricto), Lepiota, Leucocoprinus, Lycoperdon, Vascellum in the Agaricaceae, for instance.
Long story short, at MO they have no idea of what these mushrooms are, so they place it within the largest, but for now most accurate group.

pamsai
pamsai 8 years ago

Hmmm, not sure either Michael. Agaricales was suggested on Mushroom Observer...

MichelBeeckman
MichelBeeckman 8 years ago

Very cool bunch! They might be Gymnopus spec., but I'm not sure..

pamsai
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pamsai

San José, San José, Costa Rica

Spotted on May 8, 2015
Submitted on May 14, 2015

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