New Forest National Park, Hampshire, August 2023
Passing between two plantations on a grassy ride in the New Forest, I noticed this uprooted mushroom on the ground.
Two bites had been taken from it, probably by deer or a small mammal.
The remnants of the veil between the cap and stipe, covering the gills, gave me the thought that this was a webcap.
The gills were very beautiful, embellished by the water droplets.
iNaturalist has come back with an ID of webcap subsect ‘Purpurascentes‘. I can’t find any other info on the subgroup distinction.
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Fungi Friday 🍄 
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