Did you know that there is a fungus with an intense blue color?

Nature is something wonderful, but at the same time very curious and interesting. Recently I came across an image of a type of mushroom that is not very common, because its color was completely blue, which I must admit caught my full attention.

That said, I started to investigate about this rare and amazing fungus, which I discovered that it is called the blue fungus Mycena, being one of the most beautiful of the Fungi Kingdom. Not to mention that this beautiful blue fungus looks like something out of a fairy tale because of its intense color.

It is important to mention that its color can vary from whitish blue to intense sky blue. It also has a white and very thin stem, which measures no more than 2 centimeters.

This peculiar fungus can only be found in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Chile and New Celedonia, growing among the debris of the branches of eucalyptus trees. Mostly these fungi can grow alone or also in families, because they have the ability to adhere their base to the wood or wood substrate completely wet. However, they also tend to be found in mossy places.

Mycena Interrupta is easy to distinguish by its intense color, as this is a very rare color among fungi. However, another species of blue-colored mushrooms can be found, but unlike Mycena, this one belongs to a totally different genus called Entoloma and although similar in size they grow on the ground and their caps are completely opaque.

Last but not least it should be noted that Mycenaceae is a family of fungi of the order Agaricales, so within this family you can find 11 different genera, which have 705 species of fungi that are spread almost all over the world.

Personally, this fungus attracts a lot of attention, awakening in me a lot of curiosity about its species and the places where they are usually found, being very interesting indeed. I can not fail to say that nature has great things that can surprise us every day, which is completely wonderful.

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