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Hygrocybe miniata
Tiny red mushrooms. See photo 2 for scale.
Cloud forest
Spotted on Dec 9, 2012
Submitted on Dec 15, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks rat.tumour & JohnE.Ringo. My inclination is to go with Hygrocybe miniata on the basis of the color, the size & the flatted stipe which would all seem to match here.
Hi,
Maybe it's Hygrocybe miniata http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/D... or Hygrocybe cantharellus http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/D... A photo of the gills might be useful to tell between the two. Another possibility might be Hygrocybe coccinea http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/D... but the cap might be too small to be this also I'm not sure whether H. coccinea is 'scurfy' as with your spotting