Mycena interrupta

Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. – Daniel

Ken Beath, aka kjbeath@Flickr is the person to thank for today's photograph (original via the BPotD Flickr Group Pool). Do visit Ken's Australia photo galleries if you've the time! Thanks, Ken.

Measuring approximately 1cm across, pixie's parasol is a diminutive mushroom of fallen wood substrates in moist forests of Australia, New Zealand and Chile. The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne had a fungus of the month site for two and a half years, and Mycena interrupta was featured. Special mention was made of the Gondwanan distribution pattern. Posted by: Daniel Mosquin    Source