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Marasmius sp.
tiny light brown mushroom, dark purple stem
woodland
I spotted this at the back of Baden Powell Park. There were only a few of these mushrooms around. This one was the largest.
Spotted on Oct 1, 2011
Submitted on Oct 1, 2011
8 Comments
Thanks Alex, I will remember that next time I'm out spotting fungi, anything to make ID easier. I spotted a lot of fungi this summer but my 2 favorite were these
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/739...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/733...
marasmius species very probably. try to remember ( while taking photos) ---> 1-the whole mushroom (with a little background); 2-the cap; 3-the stem (maybe with roots or thickening); 4-the gills (attached or not to the stem/ far apart or together);5- open a very good shot OR special features such as : discoloration,hairs,juice or when matured --> spores (maybe to see as discoloration from other colored surfaces beneath).. then you will have the most things for a visual identification. by the way: thanks for the suggestion by my : green red composition- haven't check it till now, but will the next days.
Thanks Alex. I think it is a species of Marasmius. I've labeled it as that for now. I forgot to take a photo of the gills. I've been trying to remember to do that but forgot with this one.
marasmius cohaerens would be my suggestion. but this marasmius only appears in europa (says eol - i think: when the clathrus archeri comes from australien to europa, then other mushrooms can also appear where else on the world --> with the right conditions). http://eol.org/pages/133471/overview . take a look at the marasmius family ( the features for your spotting and the M. cohearens come almost together. --> hairy stem. dark brown down going up always brighter. the brown cap .....) were the gills few far apart or many almost together. surely white or cream,light brown gills??? good luck
Thanks Ivan. I'm still not sure though. The shape of the cap looks a bit more convex in the golden trumpet, but like you said maybe these are really young ones. It's a tough one.
Truly great shots Dan. Might be the golden trumpet, Xeromphalina campanella, at a different stage of developement. Compare with my find in Arizona: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/723...
What throws me off is that it doesn't have a depression in the center of the cap, but that's the closest I could get to identification.
Thanks.
Really pretty photos.