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Panellus stipticus
By day, this mushroom is unassuming, common, and mostly overlooked. But, it becomes a spectacular beauty at night with its bioluminescent gills, which incidentally make a decent nightlight when camping. This mushroom has a fan-shaped, wooly, white cap with an inrolled margin. Cinnamon-tan colored gills. Off-center, fuzzy, white stipe.
Growing on a small stick in a mossy, mixed forest.
This mushroom is reputed to medicinal value, especially in its purported value to stop bleeding.
Spotted on Jan 27, 2018
Submitted on Jan 30, 2018
3 Comments
Your welcome, Christine....
Thank you maplemoth. I especially loved the texture on the cap of these mushrooms.
Photos No. 2, and 3: are beautiful photos, of many, beautiful, medium and dark colors....