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Mycena fd growing on Douglas-fir branches/twigs
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 |
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