Mycena interrupta

Mycena interrupta ~ Pixie's Parasol

"The blue Pixie's Parasol appears in small colonies on rotting wood in rainforest and eucalypt or beech forest. An interesting characteristic is that it frequently emerges from the side of the rotting logs and so the stems are usually curved. Its Queensland distribution is limited to the high-altitude beech forests of Lamington National Park."

-A.M.Young, A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia (2010)

These were photographed in the mountains of the Huon valley in Tasmania on a crisp Autumn morning after a nice soaking, growing on and under blue gums.
The whole forest was a multicoloured carpet of fruiting bodies; however, I could not help but find myself captivated by these amazingly blueberry-esque beauties.

poss. Mycena viscidocruenta

poss. Mycena viscidocruenta ~ The Ruby Bonnet

I nearly walked straight past these little fellows, luckily their vibrancy caught my eye at the last moment!

I founds these on a ramble through the Huon valley in Tasmania, on a lovely crisp late-Autumn morning. 

In his book, A Field Guide To The Fungi of Australia (2010), A.M.Young defines 

Mycena Viscidocruenta as:

   "Cap 0.5-1cm, bright red to blood red, usually darker at the centre,

convex to campanulate, viscid to slimy, smooth, radially striate.

Flesh reddish, very thin. 

Gills adnate, often with a small decurrent tooth,pink to red. 

Stem 0.1-0.15cm, colour similar to cap, cylindrical, hollow,

smooth, viscid to glutinous, rather tough."

Mycena viscidocruenta is found on small twigs and
other litter in forests and woodlands

Amanita muscaria

Amanita muscaria ~ The Fly Agaric

It was pretty cool to see these little guys for the first time. They are the mushroom of many legends and the darling of popular culture. In Europe, during the long winters, reindeer will eat the fly agaric and actually get high, prancing around and making odd noises.

The white specks on the cap are actually
the fragmented remains of the veil

I saw these whilst wandering on a lovely damp morning in May 2012. These were growing nestled in under the fringes of a pine plantation up in the mountains of the Huon Valley (roughly 600ft) in Tasmania.