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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 a year ago
purple pinwheel mushroom
marasmius haematocephalus (syn: m. haematocephala) Marasmius
myxomop
myxomop a year ago
Marasmius subsect. haematocephali

44 Comments (1–25)

krishnapatel490
krishnapatel490 5 days ago

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

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 4 months ago

Congrats Diganta...

Congrats!

SatyenM
SatyenM 4 months ago

Congrats Diganta!

Jakubko
Jakubko 4 months ago

Congratulations Diganta!

Maria dB
Maria dB 4 months ago

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 4 months ago

Congratualtions Diganta:)

KarenL
KarenL 4 months 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 7 months ago

nice!

bhargav.py
bhargav.py 7 months ago

awesome pic!

clara1
clara1 8 months ago

Interesting.

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 8 months ago

Congrats! Nice spotting!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 months ago

Wonderful spot! Congratulations!

martinl
martinl 11 months ago

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

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 months ago

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

Arun
Arun 11 months ago

congratulations DigantaGogoi :)

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 months ago

Congratulations on SOTD!

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 months ago

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

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 months ago

Congratulations :)

garylincoff
garylincoff 11 months ago

very nice photo - thanks for posting!

DigantaGogoi
DigantaGogoi 11 months ago

wow......thanks..........:)

williefromwi
williefromwi 11 months ago

Congrats Diganta, on your spotting of the day award. Well done.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 months ago

Congratulations Diganta great spotting!

Atul
Atul 11 months ago

congrats !

অসম, India

Lat: 26.20, Long: 92.94

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

Reference

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