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Ruby bonnet

Mycena viscidocruenta

Description:

A small mushroom with a bright red cap and coarse almost white gills visible through the top.

Habitat:

Found in wood chips in a garden bed at a local nature reserve.

Notes:

For a better description and photos refer to professor Leuba, http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/357... Photographing the underside can be dangerous when there are other photographers about but we must make sacrifices for science. Note the pesky reflecion of the ring flash

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8 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

Thanks for your comment Ernst Weiher

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

We would have had to flag that one anyway.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

I wish I had that shot of you prostrate in the (very dubious) mulch to add here.

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

Thanks Leuba
Thanks Agustín

Beautiful! Such great intense color!
Fantastic spotting!

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

Martin, these are wonderful shots. You've got all the aspects of these little beauties, so well.

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

viscido = slimy
cruenta = bloody
Thanks Mark, what a delightful science Mycology is...

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

It certainly looks viscid.. I can see your ring in it. :-)

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jun 2, 2014
Submitted on Jun 2, 2014

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