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26-12-2008, 04:36 PM
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| | | Tiny Hygrocybe
Thought I'd post these photos of a very small (approx 3.5mm ø cap) Hygrocybe that I found this afternoon in among the sphagnum moss whilst out walking. My best guess is Hygrocybe vitellina owing to the mossy habitat but can't be certain without picking it which I didn't want to do.  
I'm in Shetland at the moment visiting the parents for Christmas and New Year - that's Dad's finger for scale.
Also saw some dung roundheads but they were a bit past their best so didn't take a snap.
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26-12-2008, 07:58 PM
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| | | Re: Tiny Hygrocybe
Where's the gill shot?   |
26-12-2008, 10:44 PM
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| | | Re: Tiny Hygrocybe
You'll have to wait until I get a microcam!! |
26-12-2008, 11:00 PM
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Nahhhhh you could've whipped it over for a shot  |
05-01-2009, 07:04 PM
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| | | Re: Tiny Hygrocybe
Hi Morchella,
I cannot think of a completely yellow Hygrocybe species growing in Sphagnum. Although it never can be verified, I would more think of a Lichenomphalia species, e.g. Lichenomphalia alpina.
best regards,
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10-01-2009, 01:14 PM
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| | | Re: Tiny Hygrocybe
Hi Mollisia,
Have had a look at the FRDBI and it looks like Lichenomphalia is found quite frequently in Shetland so a definite possibility. Unlikely to see that little chap again but in future are there any macroscopic features that would tell me the difference between a Hygrocybe and a Lichenomphalia?
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10-01-2009, 08:19 PM
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| | | Re: Tiny Hygrocybe
Hallo,
yes there is one, but it is sometimes hard to notice macroscopically, especially when it grows in Sphagnum.
The genus Lichenomphalia was created to separate the lichenized Omphalinas from the rest of Omphalina. They are in fact lichens, but not an algae with an ascomycete like it is in 99,9% of the lichen species, but it is a basidiolichen. The algae partner of that basidiomycete is the genus Botrytinia, which forms a greyish-green and somewhat powdery carpet at the stipe base of the basidiomycete. When you find Lichenomphalia alpina in the alpine vegetation, this Botrytinia is well developped and well visible. In Sphagnum vegetation it is often hard to notice it and not rarely you can see the algae only when making a microscopical preparation from the stipe base.
best regards,
Andreas | | |
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