Bark mycenae Mycena corticola

Hat: convex, becoming broadly convex; dry; becoming pleated; densely covered with small fibrils and pale granules that may begin to disappear with maturity; purple-brown when young, but quickly turns brown, orange-brown or tan. Blades: slightly pendulous; spaced apart and concolorous to the cap. Stalk: fragile; covered in fibrils like those of the hat (dense when young); concolorous to the hat.

Flesh: insubstantial

Spores: 9 x 11 µm, round, smooth and amyloid

Taste : unidentifiable

Odour: unidentifiable

WHERE TO FIND AT AROUCA GEOPARK

Fruiting season Autumn

Dimension Hat: 3-5 mm; Foot: 10 x 1 mm

Habitat Often on the bark of hardwoods, but also conifers (dead or alive)

Mycena corticola

Mycena corticola

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