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Lilac bonnet - Mycena pura Flat, brown cap, white gills with cross gills and short gills. The stipe was brown.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on the ground under eastern hemlock, in a mixed forest. <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/67237/lilac_bonnet_-_mycena_pura.html" title="Lilac bonnet - Mycena pura"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/67237_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=ZSGO33g8%2BXv%2FAlBrCqPwac11TN0%3D" width="200" height="152" alt="Lilac bonnet - Mycena pura Flat, brown cap, white gills with cross gills and short gills. The stipe was brown.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on the ground under eastern hemlock, in a mixed forest. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/67238/lilac_bonnet_-_mycena_pura.html Fall,Geotagged,Lilac bonnet,Mycena pura,United States,fungus,mushroom" /></a></figure> Fall,Geotagged,Lilac bonnet,Mycena pura,United States,fungus,mushroom Click/tap to enlarge

Lilac bonnet - Mycena pura

Flat, brown cap, white gills with cross gills and short gills. The stipe was brown.

Habitat: Growing on the ground under eastern hemlock, in a mixed forest.

Lilac bonnet - Mycena pura Flat, brown cap, white gills with cross gills and short gills. The stipe was brown.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on the ground under eastern hemlock, in a mixed forest. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/67238/lilac_bonnet_-_mycena_pura.html Fall,Geotagged,Lilac bonnet,Mycena pura,United States,fungus,mushroom

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The Lilac bonnet

Mycena pura is a species of mushroom in the family Mycenaceae. First called "Agaricus prunus" in 1794 by Christian Hendrik Persoon, it was assigned its current name in 1871 by German Paul Kummer. "Mycena pura" is known to bioaccumulate the element boron.

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Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Oct 4, 2018. Captured Sep 30, 2018 10:24 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.