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Mycena acicula (Schaeff.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Orange Bonnet)

Notes (MWS) A delicate orange toadstool with a long stipe. It grows on litter, especially in broad-leaved woodlands. It often appears during wet spells in the summer as well as later in the season.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Mycena acicula Fruitbody 9 August 1980 North Wiltshire England 5

Suggested Literature

Mycena acicula may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)
Mycena
(a genus of bonnet toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Mycena acicula is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Mercurialis perennis - Dog’s Mercury (Euphorbiaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stem of debris Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Mercurialis perennis - Dog’s Mercury (Euphorbiaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed leaf Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Mycena acicula:

Mycena acicula may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
Mycena
(a genus of bonnet toadstools)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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