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