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Mycena fumosa is a wood-rotting Australian fungus, found in groups or clusters on litter, bark, dead wood in various forest types. (It resembles Mycena interrupta without the blue colour.) Cap to 15 mm, ovoid, then broadly convex to flattened, translucent-striate, shiny and viscid, colour creamy greyish-brown, margin paler; flesh watery and thin (6.5 mm high). Gills almost free, distant to close, white, gill edge finely toothed or powdery (pruinose). Stem central, (40x2.5 mm), wider at base, smooth to greasy, short hairs near base; colour whitish at top, often darkening to base. NB: Characteristic white or brownish basal disc. Baldry Crossing, Green's Bush, 2010.
Mycena interrupta, "Pixie's Parasol" is probably the only blue agaric found here, but also occurs in NZ, New Caledonia and Chile. Wood-rotting, on rotten logs in groups in wet forests. Caps to 15 mm, opening to broadly convex; steely blue when young, then fading to very pale blue with a darker blue centre, often depressed; viscid, transclucent, striate. Gills white with bluish edge; spore print white. Stem white, slender, to a white basal disc. Occurs when young as tiny bright blue buttons with an intense blue centre. Morwell NP ref Wikipedia ref Mt Drummer Rainforest Walk, Cann River, 2009. 73 kB
Mycena kuurkacea, "Bleeding Mycena", is a common wood-rotting mycena found in groups on eucalypt logs and debris in wet forest; probably native to Australia. Its flesh bleeds a clear red fluid when damaged. Caps to 15 mm, conical to bell-shaped, reddish-brown, centre darker. Gills pale pink, red edges; spore print white. Slender stem red-brown, bleeds red liquid; white bristly mycelium often at base. Baldry Crossing, Green's Bush, 2005. 51 kB
Mycena minya (?) is probably native to Australia. It is a common, tiny white wood-rotting fungus distinctively attached to the rotting wood or dead bark substrate by a mealy white disc. Cap to 6 mm, often dimpled, mealy, striate. Gills close, edges slightly serrated; spore print white. Stem slender with mealy granules, with mealy white disc. NOTE: Tentative identification only. Very small white mycenae are not easy to distinguish. Morwell NP ref Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2009. 53 kB
Mycena nargan, "Nargan's Bonnet" is a handsome, rare, wood-rotting Australian fungus, found in groups on woody debris and especially on the underneath of rotting logs in wet forest. Cap to 30 mm, convex, maybe a central depression, distinctively very dark brown (but fades); covered with scaly white spots when young, but these are lost with age. Gills grey-brown, lighter near edge; spore print white. Stem sturdy, dark brown, becoming much lighter with age; with whitish scales when young, especially near the base; fine white mycelium at base. NB: Harder to identify when white spots/scales are lost. Wikipedia ref Mason's Falls, Kinglake National Park, 2007. 51 kB
Mycena nivalis is an uncommon Australian wood-rotting fungus found, in groups, on decaying woody litter in mixed forests. Cap to 11 mm, shining white, slightly viscid, translucent, striate, convex with a slight depression. Gills white (?); spore print white. Stem very slender, long, grey-brown. Devilbend Reservoir, Mornington Peninsula, 2008. 47 kB
Mycena subgalericulata is a group of Australian species distinguishable only microscopically, and also variable in appearance. Commonly found as clumps on dead wood, occasionally bark of living trees. Cap to 25 mm, conical, with a rounded or pointed prominent umbo, colour pale brown to darker brown, darker at umbo; pale margin when young; smooth, translucent, striate to umbo. Gills very pale brown; spore print white. Stem slender, very pale brown, often quite curved. Morwell NP ref Ned's Gully, Cathedral Range, 2005. 42 kB
Mycena vinacea is an Australian wood-rotting fungus found singly and scattered groups on forest litter. It's greyish-wine-mauve and broken tissue gives a radish-like odour. Cap to 40 mm, smooth, striate, becoming flattened to upturned at the rim, leaving an umbo; cap grey-lilac, lighter at centre and rim. Gills grey-lilac, close; spore print white. Stem deep greyish-purple. NZ Landcare ref Day's Picnic Ground, Mt Macedon, 2008. 37 kB
Mycena viscidocruenta, "Ruby Bonnet" is a tiny Australia-NZ wood-rotting fungus commonly found in litter in forests, woodland and heath-land. It is blood red all over, and slimy. Caps to 20 mm, convex, depressed, striate, crimson red, viscid, shiny when dry. Gills pale red, adnate (joined to stem) to decurrent (runs down stem a bit); spore print white. Stem blood red, viscid, slender; cluster of white hairy mycelium at base. Kaimi Bush ref Hidden Forest ref ANBG ref Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2008. 40 kB
Mycena yuulongicola (?) is an Australian wood-rotting fungus easily confused with M. subgalericulata, M. vinacea, etc. Grown in often dense clumps on rotting wood, and is common. Caps to 30 mm, broadly conical, with a pronounced umbo; becoming broadly bell-shaped; surface smooth, striate, pale brown margin darkening to dark brown umbo. Gills pale brown, spore print white. Stem off-white near apex, shading to reddish-brown near base; often curved; furry white hairs near base. Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2007. 63 kB
Mycoacia subceracea, "Golden Splash Tooth" is an Australian golden yellow wood-rotting fungus growing in flat patches, especially on the underside of rotting logs in wet forest. The surface comprises blunt, waxy teeth, irregularly grouped. The teeth are up to 1.5 mm long, 0.5 mm diameter, protruding from a flat felty yellow surface. Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2007. 61 kB