Jelly-Stemmed helmet
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Tricholomataceae
Genus: Mycena
Scientific name: Mycena austrororida
Common name: Jelly-Stemmed helmet
This mushroom grows in small clumps on wood in damp conditions and and can grow to a height of 30 mm with the cap up to 15 mm across. The stem can be 10 - 50mm high, 1 - 3 mm across. It appears during Autumn
Jelly stemmed helmet mushrooms. These were very small 3 to 5 mm across the cap.
Top surface of the cap
underside showing the pores of the gills
The underside of a 3mm wide Jelly stem with a insect feeding inside.
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