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ruby bonnet

Cruentomycena viscidocruenta

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) toby_j_77, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Easily confused with

Vermilion WaxcapHygrocybe miniata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.

Australia	4,147
Victoria	2,486
New South Wales	1,108
New Zealand	966
Auckland Region	281
Queensland	248
Tasmania	197
Wellington Region	172
South Africa	159
Western Cape	145

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Classification

Kingdom	Fungi Including Lichens · Fungi
Phylum	Basidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
Class	Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
Order	Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
Family	Mycenaceae
Genus	Bonnet Mushrooms · Cruentomycena

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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Practise ruby bonnet with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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