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Frosty Bonnet?

Mycena adscendens?

Description:

Cap was between 1 and 2mm across, fruitbody just over 20mm tall. With the naked eye it appeared pure white. Growing on the outercasing of a large seed (the seed was a bit longer than an apple seed and much more robust). Found on the soil perhaps with mosses under Hazel and I think a Willow species such as Goat Willow. I put this mushroom (still attached to the seed) in a petri dish with some water to keep it moist, and the cap naturally bent a full right angle over a few hours without snapping as if it adapted to being layed down on it's side or partially submerged in water. Found 10-20m from this similar spotting; http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/926... . I think Frosty Bonnet has a small disc shape where it has sprouted from the substrate, Bulbous Bonnet (M. stylobates) also has this disc but I think is usually larger and more obvious.

Notes:

october 2014 folder

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Lipase
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High Peak, England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Oct 12, 2014
Submitted on Oct 12, 2014

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