Bleeding Fairy Helmet

Sep 23, 2020

this is the bleeding fairy helmet mushroom Mycena haematopus. When this mushroom is damaged it leaks out a blood like liquid that looks pretty cool. So it's pretty easy to see where this mushroom gets its name.

Nov 7, 2020

Nature is always giving us precious things, such as mushrooms of the genus Mycena. I have been looking for this mushroom for years that I present to you today, and this year I have finally found it on several occasions. It is a curious Mycena, since when cutting it a red latex bleeds, as you can see in the video. When you get into the world of mushrooms, more and more, you stop thinking with your stomach, to think with your heart. This and other species that I have been showing you, make you forget about day-to-day problems, to enjoy the moment. Happiness is given by little moments like this.

Mycena haematopus (Pers.) P. Kumm. 1871

Characteristics
-Cap: Small in size between 1.5-3 cm, flared conical in shape, with and without umbo, the surface is striated by the transparency of the reddish-brown blades
-Gills: adnate, spaced, whitish in youth and reddish brown in maturity, where purplish spots also appear due to the remains of latex
- Stem: 4-10 cm long by 2-3 mm in diameter, straight or curved, brittle, hollow, powdery over the entire surface and at the base covered with fibrils. Reddish brown in color. When cut, it gives off a latex the color of blood
-Flesh: Very fine, fragile and scarce. When cut, it gives off a latex the color of blood. Priceless smell and taste
-Edibility: No culinary interest
-Habitat: Lignicola, saprophytic in decaying wood, grows in a cespitose shape (several specimens joined by the foot). In our case, in oak branches (Quercus pirenaica)
- Season: In autumn
-Place: Gorbeia Natural Park - Basque Country
-Confusions: with the bloody Mycena, it throws red latex, but it comes out individually in sheets, and stands finer. With the orange or bright red latex Mycena crocata, but comes out individually in leaves, and finer foot

Dec 26, 2019

This is a bleeding mushroom, a mushroom that bleeds after being cut. If you like it, subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVP-MWBmKG_wxepwZahh8eQ . Burgundydrop Bonnet (Mycena haematopus) is an interesting Mycena that bleeds when you cut it. This bleeding mushroom that grows on wood of deciduous forests, is a Mycena that is easily identified in the field. The other Mycena that bleeds is the Bleeding Bonnet (Mycena sanguinolenta) but that one grows on the ground in conifer woods.