11008-06201 Brown-blood helmet (Mycena mariae) so called because of the characteristic red-brown sap that bleeds from the broken stem. This delicate cinnamon-pink helmet's name is a lasting tribute to the botanist Marie Taylor (1930–1999) whose teaching and beautiful water colour paintings of mushrooms and toadstools contributed greatly to popularising our native fungi. Kaimai Range *
DSC_2275 Crimson helmet (Mycena ura) bleeds red sap when broken. Found on fallen twigs and branches in all types of native forest. Common and widespread in NZ forests, was known as Mycena miniata. Smoke-ho Creek, Westland *
DSC_2272 Crimson helmet (Mycena ura) bleeds red sap when broken. Found on fallen twigs and branches in all types of native forest. Common and widespread in NZ forests, was known as Mycena miniata. Smoke-ho Creek, Westland *