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Mycena (Pers.) Roussel, 1806 (a genus of bonnet toadstools)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Mycena? Fruitbody 18 October 1978 Surrey England 4

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #notes #refs #webs
Species Mycena abramsii (Murrill) Murrill, 1916 (a bonnet)             3
Species Mycena acicula (Schaeff.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Orange Bonnet)   5         2
Species Mycena aciculata (A.H. Sm.) Desjardin & E. Horak, 2002 (a bonnet)           1 2
Species Mycena adonis (Bull.) Gray, 1821 (Scarlet Bonnet) 2 5 9 3     8
Species Mycena adscendens (Lasch) Maas Geest., 1981 (Frosty Bonnet)   7 7 14   1 7
Species Mycena aetites (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (Drab Bonnet)             1
Species Mycena albidolilacea Kühner & Maire, 1938 (a bonnet)             2
Species Mycena alcalina (Fr.) P. Kumm., 1871 (a fungus)             1
Aggregate Mycena alcalina agg. (a group of bonnets) 2           2
Species Mycena amicta (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (a bonnet)   10       1 6
Species Mycena arcangeliana Bres., 1904 (Angel's Bonnet)   6         5
Species Mycena aurantiomarginata (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (a bonnet)             1
Species Mycena belliae (Johnst.) P.D. Orton, 1960 (a bonnet)           1 2
Species Mycena bulbosa (Cejp) Kühner, 1938 (a bonnet)           1 6
Species Mycena capillaripes Peck, 1888 (Pinkedge Bonnet)             8
Species Mycena capillaris (Schumach.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Beechleaf Bonnet)     3     1 6
Species Mycena chlorantha (Fr.) P. Kumm., 1871 (a bonnet)             3
Species Mycena cinerella (P. Karst.) P. Karst., 1879 (Mealy Bonnet)   11 11 11     6
Species Mycena citrinomarginata Gillet, 1876 (a bonnet)             1
Species Mycena clavicularis (Fr.) Gillet, 1876 (a bonnet)             7
Species Mycena clavularis (Batsch) Sacc., 1887 (a bonnet)   8         3
Species Mycena corynephora Maas Geest., 1983 (a bonnet)           1 2
Species Mycena crocata (Schrad.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Saffrondrop Bonnet)   12         12
Species Mycena dasypus Maas Geest. & Laessøe, 1992 (a bonnet)             3
Species Mycena diosma Krieglst. & Schwöbel, 1982 (a bonnet)             3
Species Mycena epipterygia (Scop.) Gray, 1821 (Yellowleg Bonnet)   7 13 8     6
Species Mycena epipterygioides A. Pearson, 1919 (a bonnet)             9
Species Mycena erubescens Höhn., 1913 (a bonnet)             1
Species Mycena filopes (Bull.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Iodine Bonnet)   5         2
Species Mycena flavescens Velen., 1920 (a bonnet)   8         5
Species Mycena galericulata (Scop.) Gray, 1821 (Common Bonnet)   11 1 13 3   5
Species Mycena galopus (Pers.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Milking Bonnet) 3 10         14
Species Mycena haematopus (Pers.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Burgundydrop Bonnet)   8 6 13     15
Species Mycena hiemalis (Osbeck) Quél., 1872 (a bonnet)   7 3 20     2
Species Mycena inclinata (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (Clustered Bonnet)   10         3
Species Mycena kuehneriana A.H. Sm., 1947 (a bonnet)             1
Species Mycena latifolia (Peck) A.H. Sm., 1935 (a bonnet)   8         3
Species Mycena leptocephala (Pers.) Gillet, 1876 (Nitrous Bonnet)   16 10 21     5
Species Mycena luteoalba (Ivory Bonnet)   15 4 5   1 1
Species Mycena mackinawensis A.H. Sm., 1953 (a fungus)           1  
Species Mycena maculata P. Karst., 1890 (a bonnet)   7         10
Species Mycena megaspora Kauffman, 1933 (a bonnet)   4   5     3
Species Mycena meliigena (Berk. & Cooke) Sacc., 1887 (a bonnet)             2
Species Mycena metata (Secr. ex Fr.) P. Kumm., 1871 (a bonnet)             4
Species Mycena mirata (Peck) Sacc., 1887 (a bonnet)             5
Species Mycena mucor (Batsch) Gillet, 1876 (a bonnet)             4
Species Mycena olida Bres., 1887 (Rancid Bonnet)             5
Species Mycena olivaceomarginata (Massee) Massee, 1893 (Brownedge Bonnet)   11 12 10 3   1
Species Mycena pearsoniana Dennis ex Singer, 1959 (a bonnet)             2
Species Mycena pelianthina (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (Blackedge Bonnet)   20         5
Species Mycena picta (Fr.) Harmaja, 1979 (a bonnet)             4
Species Mycena polyadelpha (Lasch) Kühner, 1938 (a bonnet)           1 2
Species Mycena polygramma (Bull.) Gray, 1821 (Grooved Bonnet)   11         9
Species Mycena pseudocorticola Kühner, 1938 (a bonnet)   7 4 25   1 6
Species Mycena pterigena (Fr.) P. Kumm., 1871 (a bonnet)             6
Species Mycena pura (Pers.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Lilac Bonnet)   10 2   4   4
Species Mycena purpureofusca (Peck) Sacc., 1887 (a bonnet)             1
Species Mycena renati Quél., 1886 (Beautiful Bonnet)   17       1 1
Species Mycena rhenana Maas Geest. & Winterh., 1985 (a bonnet)             3
Species Mycena rorida (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (Dripping Bonnet)   2       1 3
Species Mycena rosea (Bull.) Gramberg, 1912 (Rosy Bonnet)   15   6     5
Species Mycena rosella (Fr.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Pink Bonnet)             1
Species Mycena rubromarginata (Fr.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Rededge Bonnet)             1
Species Mycena sanguinolenta (Alb. & Schwein.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Bleeding Bonnet)   5 4       10
Species Mycena septentrionalis Maas Geest., 1984 (a bonnet)             2
Species Mycena seynesii Quél., 1877 (Pine-cone Bonnet)   10 11       2
Species Mycena smithiana Kühner, 1938 (a bonnet)             2
Species Mycena speirea (Fr.) Gillet, 1876 (Bark Bonnet)   22 1 13     5
Species Mycena stylobates (Pers.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Bulbous Bonnet)   6         6
Species Mycena urania (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (Violet Bonnet)             1
Species Mycena venustula Quél., 1883 (a bonnet)             2
Species Mycena viridimarginata P. Karst., 1892 (a bonnet)             1
Species Mycena vitilis (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (Snapping Bonnet)             4
Species Mycena vulgaris (Pers.) P. Kumm., 1871 (a bonnet)             4
Species Mycena zephirus (Fr.) P. Kumm., 1871 (a bonnet)             1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Mycena page: http://home.online.no/~araronse/mycenapage/mycenapage.html Web Site/Page
Emmett, E.E., 1992 British Mycena Species
Maas Geesteranus, R.A., 1992 Mycenas of the Northern Hemiphere I & II
Robich, G., 2003 Mycena D'Europa

Mycena may also 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)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Mycena:

Photos fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by sporangium Spinellus fusiger - Bonnet Mould (Mucorales: Phycomycetaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

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

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook

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