Rare mushroom discovery in The Hague city park

Translated from the Dutch Mycological Society:

Wednesday, November 18th, 2015

As was not known until now, in the beginning of this year the extremely rare Haasiella venustissima fungus was discovered in a messy sand dune valley in the Westduinpark in The Hague. After initially they had disappeared in situ, they came back in early October in the same place and are still there. In the Netherlands Haasiella venustissima is known from only four locations.

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