Pixie's parasol

Mycena interrupta

"Mycena interrupta" is a species of mushroom. It has a Gondwanan distribution pattern, being found in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Chile. In Australia it is found in Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, and South Australia, and in Queensland where its distribution is limited to Lamington National Park.
Pixies parasol (Mycena interrupta) Small, delicate, blue fungi growing on very damp logs in cool shady eucalyptus rainforest. Looks like someone's glass eye on a stick. Australia,DRNP,Fall,Geotagged,Mycena interrupta,Rainforest

Appearance

The caps of "Mycena interrupta" range from 0.6 to 2 cm, and they are a brilliant cyan blue colour. They are globose when emergent and then become a broad convex as they mature, with the centre of the cap slightly depressed. The caps are often sticky and appear slimy looking, particularly in moist weather.

The length of the stipe typically ranges from 1 to 2 cm long and 0.1 to 0.2 cm thick. It is white, smooth and the base of the stipe is attached to the wood substrate by a flat white disk, similar to "Mycena austrororida", which, unlike "M. interrupta" is attached to the wood substrate by a mass of clumped fine hairs.

The gills are white, adnexed, with blue margins. The spores are white, smooth, ellipsoid and have dimensions of 7-10×4-6 µm.

Unlike some other "Mycena" species, "Mycena interrupta" is not bioluminescent.
Lonely Mycena interrupta in a cave Solitary ice-blue mycena deep inside an old and very wet eucalyptus log. Poignant as we are suffering one of our coldest wettest winters on record. Australia,DRNP,Fall,Geotagged,Mycena interrupta,Pixie's parasol,mycena,winter

Distribution

The pixie's parasol appears in small colonies on rotting, moist wood in rainforests and beech or eucalypt forests. It has a Gondwanan distribution.
Pixies parasol (Mycena interrupta) A cluster of blue, stalked eyeballs on a wet eucalyptus log. Found in a very tall eucalyptus rainforest. Australia,Fall,Geotagged,Mycena interrupta,Pixie's parasol

Habitat

The pixie's parasol appears in small colonies on rotting, moist wood in rainforests and beech or eucalypt forests. It has a Gondwanan distribution.

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyMycenaceae
GenusMycena
SpeciesM. interrupta
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Australia