Natural beauty of Psathyrella candolleana

Dear my friend

today I found a fungus growing in bloom on a rotting banana stem, and it was growing alone there, this is something that rarely happens for fungal ecosystems, usually in general I mean that mushrooms grow in large quantities or at least grow 5-10 mushrooms and of course grow simultaneously, I observed that this fungus has similarities to the type of fungus that grows on rotten straw, but the difference between the two is the size of the fungus, if the fungus that grows on rotten hay has a larger mushroom size and thick mushroom leaves, while the mushroom the ones I found growing on banana stems today have smaller sizes and thin mushroom leaves.

This mushroom can still be grouped into the "Psathyrella candolleana" type of mushroom, but each mushroom from this group has its own characteristics or differences, and the most prominent difference usually lies in the mushroom leaves, but I can't confirm whether the mushroom I found today is can be consumed or not, I don't have sufficient knowledge about this at all, because so far I have only consumed two types of mushrooms, namely mushrooms that grow on rotten straw and mushrooms that grow on rotten coconuts or bamboo (straw mushrooms), however Several references I have read instruct that mushrooms that are safe to consume do not have a ring on the mushroom stem, and this mushroom fits those instructions, but still I cannot recommend you to consume it.

Apart from that, I will learn more about these mushrooms about how they grow, how they survive the weather and how they resist predatory pests, I will learn all of this as time goes by, and I will share my discoveries or knowledge about these mushrooms with you on in the coming days, if you have any specific thoughts about mushrooms or anything else please let me know in the comments.

Thank you very much for reading, I hope this post is an inspiration for everyone in observing mushrooms, see you in the next post with a different portrait 🥰