Mycena acicula (Schaeff.) Kumm.
Coral spring Mycena

Mycena from the Greek word for fungus

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Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap 3-10 mm; stalk central, 1-6 cm long x 1 mm diameter, equal. Spore Print Color: white. Spores: basidiospores 9-11 x 3.5-4.5 µm, ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, not blue in Melzer's.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: tiny mushroom with red cap and yellow stipe on ground

Diagnostic microscopic feature: cystidia clavate to subfusoid, large spores

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common after wet weather

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on woodland debris

Habitat: woodlands, gardens, after wet weather

Fruiting Season: spring, early summer, fall

 
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales
 

 

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