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Bleeding Fairy Helmet

Mycena haematopus

Description:

Small, pinkish gray mushrooms with white gills. They exuded a purple juice from the stem and flesh when I disturbed them. You can see the actual drops dripping off of a mushroom cap in photos 2-3.

Habitat:

Growing in a cluster on dead, rotting wood in a mostly deciduous forest.

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3 Comments

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

Your welcome, Christine Y.

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 6 years ago

Thanks maplemoth

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

Nice...

Christine Y.
Spotted by
Christine Y.

Connecticut, USA

Spotted on Sep 19, 2017
Submitted on Sep 19, 2017

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