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Mycena rosea (Bull.) Gramberg, 1912 (Rosy Bonnet)

Notes (MWS) A common pink-capped toadstool that smells of radish and grows under broadleaved trees. It is poisonous.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #microphotos
Mycena rosea Fruitbody 27 September 2001 Berks England 4
Mycena rosea Fruitbody 27 September 2001 Berks England 8 6
Mycena rosea Fruitbody 27 September 1981 North Wiltshire England 3

Suggested Literature

Mycena rosea 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 rosea is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore, Great Maple (Aceraceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying leaf of litter Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Betula - birches (Betulaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying leaf of litter Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying leaf of litter Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on calcareous soil]
Photos fruitbody Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying leaf of litter Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Fraxinus - ashes (Oleaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying leaf of litter Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Mycena rosea:

Mycena rosea 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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