Yes, it is *Hygrocybe rhodophylla*. On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 5:38 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > *“I hope the red mushroom is Hygrocybe rhodophylla Kühner* . > Tanay” > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: raghu ananth <[email protected]> > Date: 14 November 2010 02:00 > Subject: [efloraofindia:54242] Nature's iridescent ruby-like jewels | > Little red mushrooms & the little coral snake > To: [email protected] > > > Nature's iridescent ruby-like jewels | Little red mushrooms & the > little coral snake > > /* > At around 4.30 pm at Vibhuti falls, the clouds hold the sun hostage, after > which the latter hardly shows up again. Soon, darkness sets everywhere. > Around the same time, we saw these wonderful little red mushrooms (half a > dozen of them) gleaming in the dark under a tall tree. Later, we came > across a black shiny snake in the darkness trying to cross the boulders in > the forest path. When our guide came in between the snake's path, the > little creature coiled its tail showing its red belly -what is known as *cork > screw display*, its way warning a predator . Our guide could handle the > coral snake with ease with a small twig and eventually release it safely > into the jungle. In fact, just two days before he had been bitten by a baby > pit viper. But like the people here do, he also relied on herbal medicines > for the wound to heal and life went on as before. > Size: diameter :6cms aprox, length: around 1 meter length, Venomous: Not > known > 13 Oct 2010 5.34 PM > */ > > > Mushroom Size < 1cms, heigth 1.5cms, cap dia -3cms, > Gills underneath present, No. found 6, edge of the forest path, > Vibhuti falls, Yana, Uttara Kannada > Habitat Damp dark, forest path > 13 Oct 2010 4.50PM > > > Regards > Raghu > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1460 members & > 55,000 messages on 29/11/10 & with a database of around 4300 species on > 31/10/10) > > -- ~ik~ Dr.Inderjeet Kaur Sethi Associate Professor Department of Botany SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi Delhi-110007 M: 9818775237
