Today while searching for truffles at Paul Bishop's, found an
interesting small Mycena mushroom abundantly fruiting on
small-diameter branches and twigs of Douglas-fir. Using The Audubon
Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms, the closest species
appears to be near Mycena amicta, which "...in the Northwest, grows on
decaying conifers."

Why is this important?

This is the most abundant degrader of branches and small limbs at this
tree farm. Rapid degradation of dead small-diameter woody debris
reduces the fire load and recycles nutrients from the dead debris back
into the growing healthy trees. Thus Mycena cf. amicta acts as a
bio-recycler, cutting down the abundance of burnable fuels while
increasing forest productivity.

Daniel B. Wheeler
www.oregonwhitetruffles.com

Maybe that's why the ancient Greeks called their gods theoi or "disposers".

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Today while searching for truffles at Paul Bishop's, found an
interesting small Mycena mushroom abundantly fruiting on
small-diameter branches and twigs of Douglas-fir. Using The Audubon
Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms, the closest species
appears to be near Mycena amicta, which "...in the Northwest, grows on
decaying conifers."

Why is this important?

This is the most abundant degrader of branches and small limbs at this
tree farm. Rapid degradation of dead small-diameter woody debris
reduces the fire load and recycles nutrients from the dead debris back
into the growing healthy trees. Thus Mycena cf. amicta acts as a
bio-recycler, cutting down the abundance of burnable fuels while
increasing forest productivity.

Daniel B. Wheeler
www.oregonwhitetruffles.com