Another lifer: the verdigris navel mushroom, Arrhenia chlorocyanea. I don't think I've seen these mushrooms before. They are growing in a patch of sandy soil in the Oyster Bay dunes; a large group of them, growing mostly in small, scattered clusters.
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The mushrooms grow to about 3 cm. tall. The cap is dark blue, almost black, as is the stem. The gills, decurrent (angling down to the stem), are paler. |
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And the cap has a "navel". |
I wondered about the mushroom's common name, verdigris, meaning green; these were definitely not green. The usual descriptions of this mushroom give its colour as dark green, but dark navy blue variants are also seen, E-Flora BC says, "at least in California". They should add BC; all of E-Flora BC's records are of these blue-black variants.
One more reason to return over and over to the same old places; you never know what's going to turn up!
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Otro hongo, visto por la primera vez: el hongo verdigris (verde) con "ombligo", Arrhenia chlorocyanea. Crecen en tierra arenosa en las dunas de Oyster Bay; un número bastante grande, pero creciendo esparcidos en pequeños grupos.
- Los hongos miden hasta 3 centímetros de altura. El sombrero es azul oscuro, casi negro, al igual que el tallo. Las laminillas decurrentes (que bajan diagonalmente hacia el tallo) son un poco más pálidas.
- Y el sombrero tiene su "ombligo".
Y aquí otra razón para volver muchas veces al mismo viejo paseo; nunca sabes que puede aparecer en la próxima visita.
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