a blue cap and stem. soon, however, the "sub" in its species name takes over, and the blue colors are relegated to the cap margin. eventually mycena subcaerulea is brownish overall, and all traces of blue disappear--at which point, if you have found it, you might as well give up on identifying it unless...
" or "the miller"--references to its mealy odor. the smell, labeled "farinaceous" in mycologese, is sometimes compared to the smell of an old grain mill (have you been in one lately?)...
polished appearance the colour varies from pale olive green to brown sometimes with faint spiral bands. the interior ofthe shell is yellowish with a tinge of purple and marked with dark purple spiral bands. operculum: times higher than wide and calcified. body: ?...