Mycena

Mycena

Mycena --- Mycena Purpureofusca

Found on a living tree in Lake Oswego, Mt. Park 12/18/15
Identified as Mycena Purpureofusca on MO by Alan Rockafellow
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Mycena purpureofusca - the Purple Edge Bonnet --has (and was named for)
a characteristic dark grayish-purple color of its gill edges
-- My specimen has this coloration--
However the spore size of my specimen appears to be different from what the references say.
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Click here for info on spore size of Mycena Purpureofusca on Wikipedia
--- says "Spores are elliptical and either 8–10 by 6–7 µm or 10–14 by 6.7–8.5 µm ---
In my specimen the spores are round about 4 or 5 microns and 1 micron out of round at most ----

Click Here for info on spore size from mykoweb.com
-----says spores "Spores 7-10 x 5-6 µm, broadly elliptical"---
In my specimen the spores are almost round ----

Click here for info on Mycena purpureofusca from Mushroom Hobby.com
--- shows Typical cheilocystidia shapes ----

Other Possibilities considered

Mycena sanguinolenta -- but this did not bleed red
Marasmius plicatulus --- see pages 232 and 209 of Arora
Mycena haematopus -- but this was not growing in a cluster
Mycena plicatus -- but I can not find much info on this species

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