Mycena leaiana
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Description: Article by Tom Volk on this brilliant orange species, with photographs of it and several other species of Mycena.
Mycena leaiana, the orange Mycena, Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for September 2005 Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for September 2005 for the rest of Tom Volk's pages on fungi , is a fun mushroom to find in the woods. It's bright orange, with bright orange marginate gills (more on that later), and thus often stands out from a long distance. Even though the mushrooms themselves are quite small at maturity, usually less than an inch (3 cm) in diameter, they can be very prolific fruiters, so there is often a large amount of it to be seen. Even in dry weather you can often find it because it uses the water found very deep in the log to produce its fruiting bodies. Remember that mushrooms are 90-95% water, so if there's no water there are no mushrooms, but
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