FOTD #121 : tiny blue lights! (mycena lazulina)

tiny blue lights are little bioluminescent mushrooms in the family mycenaceae :-) there is not much known about them as they were only discovered in 2016, but so far they have been documented in southwestern japan !! they are also saprotrophic (feed on dead organic matter).

the big question : can i bite it?? the edibility is unknown thus far. ^^"

m. lazulina description :

"tiny blue lights are small & bioluminescent. the have the following traits : gills on hymenium, cap is convex, hymenium is adnate, stipe is bare. the cap is light blue to white, the gills are white & the stipe changes from white to dark blue down the length. visually, it appears as if dusted with sugar."

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FOTD #065 : parrot waxcap! (gliophorus psittacinus)

the parrot waxcap / parrot toadstool is a mycorrhizal fungus in the family hygrophoraceae. it is widely distributed in the grasslands of western europe, the UK, iceland, greenland, the americas, south africa & japan.

the big question: can i bite it?? it is edible & has a mild taste !!

g. psittacinus description :

"the parrot toadstool is a small mushroom, with a convex to umbonate cap up to 4 centimetres (1.6 in) in diameter, which is green when young & later yellowish or even pinkish tinged. the stipe, measuring 2–8 cm (0.8–3.1 in) in length and 3–5 mm in width, is green to greenish yellow. the broad adnate gills are greenish with yellow edges and spore print white. the green colouring persists at the stem apex even in old specimens."

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FOTD #134 : mycena indigotica!

mycena indigotica (no common name) is a newly-discovered saprotrophic fungus in the family mycenaceae :-) it is currently only known to occur in northern taiwan, where it was first found.

the big question : can i bite it?? so far, the edibility is unknown.

m. indigotica description :

"basidiomata gregarious, not luminescent. pileus 1.5-3.5 mm diam, at first semiglobose, then convex to flattened, non-striate, pale blue… to blue… when young, gradually with black tints with age, totally black when old or in dried specimens, slightly pruinose when young, glabrous with age, context white, margin entire, crenulate. hymenophore consisting of 70-120 pores, pores circular, usually oval near stipe, concolourous with surface of pileus, 8-12 pores per mm. stipe 2e4 x 0.5e1 mm, blue… to dark blue… gradually with black tints with age, pruinose when young, glabrous with age, cylindrical, central, basally bulbous."

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FOTD #113 : orange pinwheel! (marasmius siccus)

the orange pinwheel is a mushroom found in the rocky & appalachian mountains, northern europe, & asia. it often grows in hardwood forests !! it belongs to the family marasmiaceae.

the big question : can i bite it?? i suppose..? it is non-poisonous !!

m. siccus description :

"it is a small, orange mushroom with a "beach umbrella"-shaped cap. the tough shiny bare stem is pale at the top but reddish brown below, & the gills are whitish. the stem is 3–7 centimetres (1.2–2.8 in) tall & the cap is 0.5–2.5 centimetres (0.20–0.98 in) wide."

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