Sunday, 21 October 2012

Lilac Bonnet (Mycena Pura)


Not exactly edible, this one is known to greatly bioaccumulate Boron - 401-607 mg/kg dry mass
(ref - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8585328)
This shroom has also been used for research in Leukaemia treatment, according to this paper : http://etd.fcla.edu/CF/CFE0000625/Thesisfinal07-05.pdf

Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011

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