Mycena arcangeliana Bres.
(Angel’s Bonnet)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMycena arcangeliana (Angel’s Bonnet)
GenusMycena (a genus of bonnet toadstools)
FamilyMYCENACEAE (bonnet toadstools and their allies)
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 Mycena arcangeliana (Angel’s Bonnet) :
1: Mycena arcangeliana (Angel’s Bonnet)
19 Oct 1982 OSGR: SU37 51° 30’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: CollectionImage 2: Fruitbodies - side view - in sitImage 3: Fruitbodies - side view - in situImage 4: Fruitbodies - side view showing gills - in situImage 5: Cap - oblique vew - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Gills and stipe apex - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Caulocystidium - magnifiedImage 8: Cheilocystidia - highly magnifiedImage 9: Pileocystidia - highly magnifiedImage 10: Pleurocystidium - highly magnifiedImage 11: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 12: DescriptionImage 13: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pearson, A.A. 1946 New Records and Observations. III TBMS Vol 29 (4): 191-210, IN1-5.

Mycena arcangeliana (Angel’s Bonnet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mycena arcangeliana (Angel’s Bonnet)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mycena arcangeliana (Angel’s Bonnet)

A small toadstool with a grey cap that is yellowish-tinged towards the margin, and a strong smell of iodoform (Elastoplast). It grows on sticks and trunks of frondose trees. Previously called Mycena oortiana.

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