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Purple bonnets

Mycena clarkeana

Description:

A few separate specimens whereas this species is often in large clusters; about 40mm tall and 20mm wide; highly domed pink-lilac cap with striations to margin; lavender gills and stipe.

Habitat:

Very damp, tall rainforest gully on an old mossy log.

Notes:

At last some better shots of these. Fairly common at this time of year. Found across most of southern Australia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Mycena+cla...

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Mark Ridgway
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Mark Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jun 28, 2013
Submitted on Jul 6, 2013

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