Mycena epipterygia

Mycena epipterygia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Mycena
Species: M. epipterygia
Binomial name
Mycena epipterygia
(Scop.: Fr) Gray
Mycena epipterygia
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Mycological characteristics

gills on hymenium
hymenium is adnate
stipe is bare
spore print is white
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: inedible

Mycena epipterygia is a species of fungi in the Mycenaceae family of mushrooms commonly found in Europe. [1] The species is saprotrophic and its appearance is quite variable. Some parts of the fungus are bioluminescent.

Presence

M. epipterygia is a common species in Western Europe (amongst others Netherlands and Belgium). It grows in diverse habitats: in deciduous and coniferous woods, but it is also found in heather and agrid grasslands. This species grows on the ground. See the picture in the taxobox for a typical underground where M. epipterygia can be found.

Appearance

Mycena epipterygia has a sticky, elastic and deductible surface.[1] Its cap is one to two centimetres wide and its colour varies over yellowish brown to gray-brown. The stipe is yellowish to yellow-green.

The gills are white to white-grey, sometimes with brown speckles. The spores are amyloidic and have a length of 8 to 10 micrometres and a width of 4 to 5.5 micrometres.

See also

List of bioluminescent fungi

References

  1. 1 2 Gerhardt, Ewald (2006). De grote paddenstoelengids voor onderweg, Tirion uitgevers B.V., Baarn, ISBN 90-5210-653-3
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