| Common Name: |
Blue Pixies' Parasol
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| Scientific Name: |
Mycena interrupta
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| Similar Species: |
No similar species with blue color
Old, faded examples may be similar to Mycena fumosa
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| Habitat: |
Found mostly on logs, such as fallen Eucalyptus regnans, in fairly wet forests
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| Appears: |
mostly May—June
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| Description: |
A distinctive small, slightly viscid mushroom found mostly along the sides or underneath of logs,
but also reported on dead branches and even fallen pine cones.
Caps emerge as deep blue buttons growing to form a cap 10–15mm across with
a darker blue centre to striate and pale outer.
White gills and stem to 20mm is pale and thin, slightly translucent.
Form small to medium colonies, though growth of individual fruiting bodies on a particular log
are often separated by several days.
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| Status: |
Endemic to Australia, New Zealand and Chile
common
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| References: |
- Personal observations
- Australian Fungi Illustrated (I. R. McCann, ISBN 0 9750780 0 3)
- A Field Guide to Australian Fungi (Bruce Fuhrer, ISBN 1 876473 51 7)
- FungiMap
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