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Mycenaceae

53 species · Fungi

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Mycena galopus (Pers.) P.Kumm.

Mycena galopus, the milking bonnet, is a small saprobic inedible mushroom that decomposes forest leaf litter.

Mycena purpureofusca (Peck) Sacc.

Mycena purpureofusca is a small mushroom that grows on decaying conifer wood across North America and Europe.

Mycena acicula (Schaeff.) P.Kumm.

Mycena acicula is a small orange-yellow mushroom found across North America and several other regions worldwide, growing on debris in wet areas.

Mycena galericulata (Scop.) Gray

Mycena galericulata is a common saprobic mushroom widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere, growing on rotting wood.

Mycena vitilis (Fr.) Quél.

Mycena vitilis is an inedible mushroom with a distinct life history, found in North America and Europe.

Mycena inclinata (Fr.) Quél.

Mycena inclinata is a saprobic mushroom with described physical, microscopic traits, and a wide known geographic distribution.

Mycena haematopus (Pers.) P.Kumm.

Mycena haematopus is a common saprobic mushroom that grows on rotting wood and oozes red latex when injured.

Mycena maculata P.Karst.

Mycena maculata is a bioluminescent-mycelium mushroom that grows on tree wood and debris in North America and Europe, with unknown edibility.

Mycena sanguinolenta (Alb. & Schwein.) P.Kumm.

Mycena sanguinolenta is a small latex-exuding mushroom common across multiple continents, with unknown edibility.

Mycena leaiana (Berk.) Sacc.

Mycena leaiana, the orange mycena, is a common North American mushroom that grows in clusters on hardwood logs, with an Australasian variety M. leaiana var. australis.

Mycena rosella (Fr.) P.Kumm.

Mycena rosella, the pink bonnet, is an amyloid-spored Mycenaceae mushroom first described in 1794 and reclassified in 1871.

Mycena nargan Grgur.

Mycena nargan is a small dark brown saprobic mushroom found growing on rotting wood in parts of Australia.

Mycena interrupta (Berk.) Sacc.

Mycena interrupta, or pixie's parasol, is a non-bioluminescent blue mushroom that grows on rotting moist wood with a Gondwanan distribution.

Mycena cystidiosa (G.Stev.) E.Horak

Mycena cystidiosa is a saprobic mushroom species found in Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania, often growing in eucalypt forests.

Mycena clarkeana Grgur.

Mycena clarkeana is a pink-capped saprotrophic fungus found in Australian and New Zealand forests, growing on dead wood.

Mycena albidocapillaris Grgur. & T.W.May

Mycena albidocapillaris is a small Australian mushroom in the Mycenaceae family, first renamed to its current name in 1997.

Mycena austrofilopes Grgur.

Mycena austrofilopes is a Mycenaceae mushroom found in Australian Victorian Eucalyptus leaf litter.

Mycena aurantiomarginata (Fr.) Quél.

Mycena aurantiomarginata is a small saprobic mushroom with orange-edged gills, found across multiple continents.

Mycena mariae G.Stev.

Mycena mariae is a mushroom distinguished by dark red pigment, large spores, found in mixed podocarp forest litter.

Mycena roseoflava G.Stev.

Mycena roseoflava is a small inedible New Zealand wood saprotroph mushroom discovered to be bioluminescent in 2021.

Mycena vinacea Cleland

Mycena vinacea is an Australian mushroom species in the Mycenaceae family, first scientifically described in 1931 by Cleland.

Mycena olivaceomarginata (Massee) Massee

Mycena olivaceomarginata is a bioluminescent agaric fungus found across Europe and North America.

Mycena renati Quél.

Mycena renati Quél. is a fungus whose caps grow up to 3.2 cm, changing shape from conic/parabolic to convex with maturity.

Mycena overholtsii A.H.Sm. & Solheim

Mycena overholtsii is a large Mycena mushroom that grows near melting snow on rotted conifer wood in North America and Japan.

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