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Mycena pelianthina (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (Blackedge Bonnet)

Notes (MWS)

A violaceous brown to lilac grey toadstool that smells of radish. It grows under broadleaf trees, especially *Fagus* and is poisonous.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Mycena pelianthina	Fruitbody	1 October 2000	North Wiltshire	England	9
Mycena pelianthina	Fruitbody	3 October 1980	North Wiltshire	England	3
Mycena pelianthina	Fruitbody	30 September 1980	North Wiltshire	England	8

Mycena pelianthina may be covered by literature listed under:

Mycena pelianthina is associated with:

fruitbody	Betula - birches (Betulaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed leaf of litter	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed leaf of litter	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on calcareous soil]
fruitbody	Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed leaf of litter	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Pinopsida - conifers	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed needle of litter	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Picea - spruces (Pinaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed needle of litter	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Mycena pelianthina:

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

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