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Purple Pinwheel Mushroom

Marasmius haematocephalus (syn: m. haematocephala)

Description:

a very small fungi height 1.5cm..........

Notes:

Marasmius is a genus of mushrooms, in the family Marasmiaceae. It contains about 500 species of agarics, of which a few are edible.

2 Species ID Suggestions

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago
purple pinwheel mushroom
marasmius haematocephalus (syn: m. haematocephala) Marasmius
myxomop
myxomop 11 years ago
Marasmius subsect. haematocephali


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48 Comments (1–25)

इसकी सुंदरता ने मेरा मन माेह लिया। कलात्मक छायांकन।
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Lia beleco ŝtelis mian koron. Arta cinematografía.

DigantaGogoi
DigantaGogoi 9 years ago

thanks all .............:)

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 9 years ago

Beautiful mushroom and photo Diganta!

Emiko Siddesh Rain
Emiko Siddesh Rain 10 years ago

beautiful nice

ceejayalyssa
ceejayalyssa 10 years ago

pink! super nice

krishnapatel490
krishnapatel490 10 years ago

I never saw them in India but, anyways . Thank you

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Congrats Diganta...

Braulio Rivas Tapia
Braulio Rivas Tapia 11 years ago

Congrats!

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Congrats Diganta!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Congratulations Diganta!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Congratualtions Diganta:)

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Congratulations Diganta! These gorgeous little mushrooms have been chosen as the winner in the Best of 2012, fungus category.

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bhargav.py
bhargav.py 11 years ago

nice!

bhargav.py
bhargav.py 11 years ago

awesome pic!

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 11 years ago

Congrats! Nice spotting!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

Wonderful spot! Congratulations!

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

I didn't think a mushroom could be more pretty than a flower. Congratulations!!!!!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Wonderful spotting.... Great organism....
Congrats Diganta..!!

Arun
Arun 11 years ago

congratulations DigantaGogoi :)

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Congratulations on SOTD!

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

congratulations Diganta. You made it to the spotting of the day!

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Congratulations :)

garylincoff
garylincoff 11 years ago

very nice photo - thanks for posting!

DigantaGogoi
Spotted by
DigantaGogoi

Assam, India

Spotted on Oct 22, 2011
Submitted on Oct 22, 2011

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