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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)
Mycena sanguinolenta
(Bleeding Bonnet)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Mycena sanguinolenta (Alb. & Schwein.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Bleeding Bonnet)

Notes (MWS) A delicate reddish brown toadstool that grows in woods, on the ground or in litter. Dark red juice exudes when it is damaged.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Mycena sanguinolenta Fruitbody 7 July 1980 Surrey England 3
Mycena sanguinolenta Fruitbody 30 October 1976 Surrey England 2 4

Suggested Literature

Mycena sanguinolenta 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 sanguinolenta is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Calluna vulgaris - Heather (Ericaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on stem Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying needle of litter Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying, often moss-covered wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Larix - larches (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying, often moss-covered wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Larix - larches (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying needle of litter Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Picea - spruces (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying, often moss-covered wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Picea - spruces (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying needle of litter Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinus - pines (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying, often moss-covered wood Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinus - pines (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying needle of litter Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Mycena sanguinolenta:

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

Mycena sanguinolenta may be associated with more 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

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