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Hemimycena delectabilis — Mycenaceae


Small mushroom. Hemispheric to convex cap, slightly depressed or umbonate, smooth to finely hairy. Cap hygrophanous, watery white fading to white, striate when moist. Gills decurrent, narrow, white. Stalk taller than cap, slender, equal, sometimes with broader base, white, minute hairs. Saprophytic.

Synonym: Mycena delectabilis
 
Habitat: Scattered to gregarious, growing on forest litter.

Scent: Bleachlike

Spores: Pale yellow

Season: Autumn, Spring



Picture

Hemispheric cap, tall slender stalk
Miller Peninsula State Park

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