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Mycena leaiana, is a fun mushroom to find in the woods. It is bright orange, with bright orange gills (the color will come off on your hands if you touch it).  These mushrooms are quite small at maturity, usually less than an inch (3 cm) in diameter. Even in dry weather you can often find it because it uses the water found very deep in the log to produce its fruiting bodies (the visible part that produces spores).  I took this photo while hiking in the Adirondacks (at Camp Chingachgook on Lake George) with my daughter.