Mucidula mucida (Schrad.) Pat.
(Porcelain Toadstool, Porcelain Fungus, Poached Egg Toadstool)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMucidula mucida (Porcelain Toadstool, Porcelain Fungus, Poached Egg Toadstool)
GenusMucidula
FamilyPHYSALACRIACEAE (a family of toadstools and chanterelles)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Toadstool, Porcelain Fungus, Poached Egg Toadstool) :
1: Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Toadstool, Porcelain Fungus, Poached Egg Toadstool)
8 Nov 2014 OSGR: SU20 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
on fallen wood, with red-brown incompatibility layer
Image 1: Fruitbodies on rotting wood showing red-brown incompatibility layer - natural backgroundImage 2: Fruitbodies on rotting wood showing red-brown incompatibility layer - natural background (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies on rotting wood showing red-brown incompatibility layer - natural background (3)Image 4: Fruitbodies - side view showing stipe and gills - natural backgroundImage 5: Fruitbodies - side view showing stipe and gills - natural background (2)Image 6: Fruitbodies - undersides - black backgroundImage 7: Spore print - enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Spores - magnifiedImage 9: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 10: Spores - stained in cotton blue - magnified
2: Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Toadstool, Porcelain Fungus, Poached Egg Toadstool)
28 Sep 1985 OSGR: SU47 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on oak
Image 1: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - in situImage 2: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - in situ (2)Image 3: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain downImage 4: Fruitbody - top view - in situImage 5: Cap cuticle - magnifiedImage 6: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 7: Pleurocystidia - magnifiedImage 8: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 9: DescriptionImage 10: Description - contd
3: Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Toadstool, Porcelain Fungus, Poached Egg Toadstool)
8 Sep 1979 OSGR: TQ02 50° 60’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
on Beech
Image 1: Candelabra growth formImage 2: Candelabra growth form - undersideImage 3: Gills - close-up
4: Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Toadstool, Porcelain Fungus, Poached Egg Toadstool)
9 Oct 1977 OSGR: TQ30 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: On beech trunk
5: Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Toadstool, Porcelain Fungus, Poached Egg Toadstool)
26 Sep 1976 OSGR: TQ30 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on stump
Image 1: Clump - oblique view - close-upImage 2: Clump - side view - close-upImage 3: Clump - side view - close-up (2)
6: Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Toadstool, Porcelain Fungus, Poached Egg Toadstool)
26 Oct 1975 OSGR: SU98 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Bucks (VC 24) England
on fallen Beech trunk
Image 1: Fruitbodies - young - capsImage 2: Fruitbodies - young - side view
7: Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Toadstool, Porcelain Fungus, Poached Egg Toadstool)
28 Sep 1975 OSGR: SD76 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Image 1: Old fruitbodies - underside - in situ
8: Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Toadstool, Porcelain Fungus, Poached Egg Toadstool)
29 Sep 1968 OSGR: TQ22 51° 0’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
on Beech
Image 1: Side view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
BMS Slide Colllection 1992 Fungi of British Beech woods Vol 06 (1) Page: 14-15
Boekhout, T. Oudemansiella Speg. in An. Soc. cient. arg. 12: 24. 1881 Noordeloos, M.E. Strophariaceae Sing. & Smith, 81pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 4
Kibby, G. 2003 Oudemansiella mucida Vol 4 (1) Page: Front cover

Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Toadstool, Porcelain Fungus, Poached Egg Toadstool) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Toadstool, Porcelain Fungus, Poached Egg Toadstool)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 20 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Toadstool, Porcelain Fungus, Poached Egg Toadstool)
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