When: 2007-12-26
Collection location: Buttonwood, south Key Largo, Monroe Co., Florida, USA [Click for map]
Who: Jason Hollinger (pellaea)
Herbarium specimen available

Species Lists:
Mushrooms of Key Largo (39)

Notes: minute mushroom scattered on hardwood leaves (mostly strongbark and oysterwood in the area)
ST: 10-30×0.2mm, wiry tough, smooth, dark brown to almost blackish
CAP: 2-4mm wide, brick red to slightly vinaceous, glabrous, minutely roughened, dull, plicate, convex to bell-shaped, v thin
VEIL: none
GILL: white, distant, barely attached, only 8-10 of them

My ID is a wild guess: Arora mentions this tropical species in Demystified.

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Marasmius haematocephalus		pellaea		(1)

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Observation created: Sun Dec 30 10:26:11 -0800 2007
Last modified: Sun Dec 30 10:29:04 -0800 2007
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