Mycena sp. (genus)

Mycena at Wellington Park, TAS

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Identification history

	Mycena sp. (genus)	14 May 2025	Heinol
	Unverified	12 May 2025	VanessaC

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I'm not sure if there are two species here or just one.

2 comments

Heinol wrote:

14 May 2025

I'd guess one species, with the caps becoming paler as the cells in the cap expand. You see the same effect with a balloon. It can be quite dark before you start blowing into it, but much paler when fully inflated. Ypou could say there's a fixed amount of colour available to the balloon/mushroom and, once expanded, that fixed amount of colour is spread over a larger area and so must become paler.

VanessaC wrote:

14 May 2025

Makes sense, good analogy - thanks!

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Location information

Coordinates 147.152559 -42.864137
Places Wellington Park, TAS

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
9 May 2025 04:19 PM Recorded on
VanessaC Recorded by
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VanessaC NatureMapr Tasmania Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] Fungi

Species information

Mycena sp. (genus) Scientific name
Mycena Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1420.9m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania