#marasmius

16/12/23 Photos 1-2 - Specimen 1

16/12/23 Photos 3-4 - Specimen 2

17/12/23 Photos 5-6 - Specimen 3

16/12/23 Photos 7-8 - Specimen 4

17/12/23 Photos 9-10 - Specimen 5

Marasmius mushrooms which sprouted after heavy rainfall.

These adorable mushrooms often resemble small parasols, with the side of the cap curving inward with the gills - the gills themselves arranged quite spatially. This gives the mushroom the shape of a small parachute, and with the stems often being thin and barely noticeable, their caps cover the garden in tiny little fairy parasols.

The specimens above were collected amongst the grass, though their small size makes them hard to spot. Looking forward for the rain's return during this heatwave to look for more mushrooms (though hopefully the flooding doesn't return).

Gills: branches found under the mushroom's cap

16-17/12/23 - Marasmius spp.

Marasmius plicatulus, growing in a small group among alder leaf debris near East Fork Willow Creek.

final 3 photos are 80 image stacks