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Mycena aurantiidisca — Mycenaceae


Small mushroom. Conical cap, becoming bell-shaped, and then umbonate, bright orange, fading to yellowish or whitish.  Marginal lines when wet. Gills attached, whitish fading to yellowish. Stalk tall relative to cap, whitish with yellowish base, slender, equal, sometimes with longitudinal fibers. Saprophytic.

Synonym: Atheniella aurantiidisca

Habitat: Solitary to groups, needles and other litter beneath conifers

Scent: mild

Spores: white

Season: Autumn



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Conical cap
Sol Duc road Salmon Exhibit

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Tall yellowish stalk
Sol Duc road Salmon Exhibit

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