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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMycena pelianthina (Blackedge 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 pelianthina (Blackedge Bonnet) :
1: Mycena pelianthina (Blackedge Bonnet)
1 Oct 2000 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
under Beech
Image 1: Cap - RS - showing gill edge & attachmentImage 2: Cap - side viewImage 3: Cap - top viewImage 4: Fruitbody - LSImage 5: Fruitbody - LS - upper halfImage 6: Fruitbody - side viewImage 7: Fruitbody - side view (2)Image 8: GillsImage 9: In situ
2: Mycena pelianthina (Blackedge Bonnet)
3 Oct 1980 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: Cap - half dry - top view - close-upImage 2: Fruitbodies - side views - lain downImage 3: Gills and stipe apex - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Description
3: Mycena pelianthina (Blackedge Bonnet)
30 Sep 1980 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: CollectionImage 2: Collection (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - side view - in situImage 4: Fruitbodies - side view - in situ (2)Image 5: Fruitbodies - side views showing gills - lain downImage 6: Cap - half-dry - oblique view - close-up - in situ - enlargedImage 7: Gills and stipe apex - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Gills and stipe apex - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 9: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnifiedImage 10: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 11: Pleurocystidia - in gill - magnifiedImage 12: Pleurocystidia - magnifiedImage 13: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 14: DescriptionImage 15: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
BMS Slide Colllection 1992 Fungi of British Beech woods Vol 06 (1) Page: 14-15

Mycena pelianthina (Blackedge 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 pelianthina (Blackedge Bonnet)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mycena pelianthina (Blackedge Bonnet)

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

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