''Mycena albidocapillaris'' is a species of

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in the family

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that is found in Australia. It was first described scientifically in 1933 by mycologist

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, who named it ''Mycena subcapillaris''. The

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collection was made in 1922 on Mount Lofty. It was later discovered that the name was

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, as Paul Hennings use of that name in 1899 took precedence. Cheryl Grgurinovic and Tom May republished the species with the new replacement name ''Mycena albidocapillaris'' in 1997. The small, delicate

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of the fungus feature white to brownish caps measuring in diameter, held by a slender translucent to whitish stipe up to long. The gills on the cap underside are few and rather distantly spaced. The fungus fruits in groups on leaves, twigs and stigs, and decaying fern fronds.

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* albidocapillaris Fungi described in 1997 Fungi native to Australia Taxa named by Tom May (mycologist) Taxa named by Cheryl A. Grgurinovic {{Agaricales-stub