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Bleeding Mycena

Mycena kuurkacea

Description:

Clumps of dark pink mycena with caps upto 15 mm wide. The conical caps had dark centres with pale gills and dark pink stems. The free edge of the gills were also dark (marginate)

Habitat:

Spotted growing in colonies amongst wood chip mulch.

Notes:

Broken stems appeared to bleed red.

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5 Comments

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 11 years ago

Thanks Jemma & Jared. I've been looking for this for quite awhile so, I was really excited when I spotted this little bunch - probably a little too excited as you can see from my fuzzy pic #1 !! Sorry, about that.

JC_Forester
JC_Forester 11 years ago

Nice one Leuba!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

lovely!

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 11 years ago

Thanks Luis.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Nice series!

Leuba Ridgway
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Leuba Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jun 21, 2013
Submitted on Jun 21, 2013

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