Pinwheel Mushroom 02
by Weston Westmoreland
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Pinwheel Mushroom 02
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Weston Westmoreland
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Pinwheel mushroom chatting in the setting sun.
This group of minuscule mushrooms that have grown from the moss seem to be having some leisure time together while basking in the last sun rays of the day.
Marasmius rotula, the Pinwheel Mushroom. Widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, this tiny fungus is commonly known as the pinwheel mushroom, the pinwheel marasmius, the little wheel, the collared parachute, or the horse hair fungus.
The mushrooms of the little wheel are characterized by their whitish, thin, and membranous caps up to 0.8 in wide that are sunken in the center, and pleated with scalloped margins. The slender and wiry black hollow stems measure up to 3.1 in long by 0.06 in)thick. On the underside of the caps are widely spaced white gills that are attached to a collar encircling the stem. The mushrooms grow in groups or clusters on decaying wood such as fallen twigs and sticks, moss-covered logs, and stumps.
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July 11th, 2021
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