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Bluefoot Bonnet

mycena amicta

The Bluefoot Bonnet is a small mushroom with a bright blue stem that can be found in damp forest areas. Kids love to explore and find these colorful fungi hiding among the leaves!

Lebensraum: Moist, shady areas in forests and woodlands.

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The Bluefoot Bonnet has a small, conical to bell-shaped cap, typically greyish-brown with a darker center. Its slender stem is whitish to pale grey, but the most distinctive feature is its vibrant blue to blue-green base, giving it its common name.

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Bluefoot Bonnet
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Bluefoot Bonnet

Kategorie

Pilze

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Its bright blue 'boots' are a rare and amazing splash of color on the forest floor!

Look closely! You'll often find these small mushrooms growing in groups, like little forest families.

The blue color in its stem can sometimes fade away as the mushroom grows older!

This tiny fungus helps trees by breaking down old wood, making fresh soil for new plants.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Forest Recycler

Bluefoot Bonnet can break down dead wood and leaves because of special enzymes, recycling nutrients back into the soil.

Fähigkeit

Sky Traveler

Bluefoot Bonnet has tiny, lightweight spores that can float on the wind, helping them spread far and wide to new habitats.

Fähigkeit

Blue Boot Magic

Bluefoot Bonnet has a striking blue-green base because of unique pigments, making it distinct among forest fungi.

Maße und Details

Höhe
2-6 cm
Edibility
inedible
Cap Diameter
0.5-2 cm
Wachstumssubstrat
wood
Saison
Fall to early winter
Sporenfarbe
White

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Sitka Spruce

Picea sitchensis

dead wood from this tree

eats

Western Hemlock

Tsuga heterophylla

dead wood from this tree

eats

Douglas-fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii

dead wood from this tree

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Blue Stem FungusBlue-foot Bonnet MushroomBlue-footed Mushroom

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Do not touch or eat wild mushrooms without adult supervision.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Bluefoot Bonnet?

2-6 cm

Was ist der/die/das edibility von Bluefoot Bonnet?

inedible

Was ist der/die/das cap Diameter von Bluefoot Bonnet?

0.5-2 cm

Wo findet man Bluefoot Bonnet normalerweise?

Moist, shady areas in forests and woodlands.

Was ist der/die/das wachstumssubstrat von Bluefoot Bonnet?

wood

Was ist der/die/das saison von Bluefoot Bonnet?

Fall to early winter

Was ist der/die/das sporenfarbe von Bluefoot Bonnet?

White

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