Microfungi in the Dark Woods

I'm always curious when I find tiny mushrooms that are almost invisible to the naked eye. I felt challenged to peek at it closer and much closer: how are the cap, gills, and stem?

So on a mushroom walk this afternoon, I purposely only explored micro-fungi, and I got at least two species of them. How does it look? Let's see here!

There's the tissue mushroom—that's what I call it. I believe that this is one of the species belonging to the genus Physalacria.

They are so tiny; the caps are as thin as facial tissue and are supported by short stems. But I didn't see that the cap had gills—perhaps it did have gills, but my camera couldn't capture them.

They may be tiny and fragile, but they are strong enough to last quite a long time. It could be a week, maybe more—as long as they don't get burned by the sun, that's for sure—and I noticed the fungus is still there in the same spot today. What a miracle!

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These ones are certainly familiar: Marasmiellus's parachute! It grows on rotten coconut shells with white bioluminescence, even in the dark.

I just captured the surface of the cap, unfortunately not the gills because they were blocked by the coconut shell. Destroying it may be possible, but the fungus will probably be destroyed too. Just let them enjoy their short lives.

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^{This is my contribution to #FungiFriday hosted and curated by @ewkaw.}

Happy #FungiFriday🍄

^{All of the images here are my own work, taken with Xiaomi POCO NFC smartphone and an assembled external macro lens.}