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Purple-Edge Bonnet (Mycena purpureofusca)

The purple-edge bonnet (Mycena purpureofusca) is known for its overall purplish tones and marginate gills; the gills are mostly pale, but are adorned with purple edges that provide beautiful contrast. This small but attractive mushroom frequently appears on decaying pinecones. M. haematopus is similar, but bleeds red juice and rarely occurs on cones.


Purple-edge bonnet (Mycena purpureofusca). Focus-stacked composite of 60 exposures at lifesize magnification. Cultivated in a moist chamber on a Doug-fir cone collected from Sonoma County, California, USA.
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Purple-edge bonnet (Mycena purpureofusca), shown with adult pinkie finger for scale.
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Purple-edge bonnet (Mycena purpureofusca), exceptionally tiny mushroom. Focus-stacked composite of 80 exposures at ~3x lifesize magnification. Cultivated in a moist chamber on a Doug-fir cone collected from Sonoma County, California, USA.
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Purple-edge bonnet (Mycena purpureofusca), baby mushroom shown with adult pinkie finger for scale.
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Purple-edge bonnet (Mycena purpureofusca) emerging from a Doug-fir cone. Focus-stacked composite of 71 exposures. Kruse Rhododendron SNR, Sonoma County, California, USA.
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Purple-edge bonnet (Mycena purpureofusca), exceptionally tall and skinny mushroom. Eldorado National Forest, Sierra Nevada, El Dorado County, California, USA.
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Next Mushroom: Western yellow mycena (Mycena oregonensis)



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