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From Something’s Gotta’ Give

Alaric Macdonald

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Pangolin. Source

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Olympia Le-Tan Spring-Summer 2016

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spring Mycenas

In an otherwise dormant forest, I was lucky enough to stumble on a swath where these guys were growing in the hundreds.  Most of them showed some signs of damage, but they are clearly flourishing in the cold.

I struggle with Mycena identification and this was no different.  The closest description I found was Mycena stipata, but these were gregarious rather than clustered and had no obvious affinity for wood (ie. they were growing amongst litter and moss rather than on logs).  They were large for Mycenas ( 2" - 4"), with thick mycelial hairs at the base and a thin-walled, hollow stipe.  The pics were shot on an iphone.

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