Mycena strobilinoides

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Mycena strobilinoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Mycena
Species:
M. strobilinoides
Binomial name
Mycena strobilinoides
Peck (1893)
Synonyms[3]
  • Prunulus strobilinoides Murrill (1916)[1]
  • Prunulus aurantiacus Murrill (1916)[1]
  • Mycena aurantiaca Murrill (1916)[2]

Mycena strobilinoides, commonly known as the flame mycena,[4] or scarlet fairy helmet, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. It is found in North America, where it fruits scattered or in dense groups on needle beds and moss.[5] The mushroom is more common in western than eastern North America, and is also present in Europe.[6] It prefers to grow at elevations greater than 2,500 feet (760 m) in montane locales. It has amyloid, ellipsoid spores measuring 7–9 by 4–5 μm.[3]

The fruit bodies are bright orange, most intensely on the edge of the gills. The stem is covered with long orange hairs.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Murrill WA. (1916). "Agaricaceae Tribe Agariceae". North American Flora. 9 (5): 297–374.
  2. ^ Murrill WA. (1916). "Pleurotus, Omphalia, Mycena, and Collybia published in North American Flora". Mycologia. 8 (4): 218–21. doi:10.2307/3753527. JSTOR 3753527.
  3. ^ a b Smith AH. (1947). North American Species of Mycena. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
  4. ^ Thiers, Harry D.; Arora, David (September 1980). "Mushrooms Demystified". Mycologia. 72 (5): 1054. doi:10.2307/3759750. ISSN 0027-5514.
  5. ^ McKnight VB, McKnight KH. (1987). A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America. Peterson Field Guides. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin. p. 176. ISBN 0-395-91090-0.
  6. ^ a b Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 129–130. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.

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Mycena strobilinoides
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is campanulate or conical
Hymenium is adnate or decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown