''Mycena alphitophora'' is a species of
agaric fungus in the family
Mycenaceae
The Mycenaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the family contains 10 genera and 705 species. This is one of several families that were separated from the Tricholom ...
. Its small, white, delicate
fruit bodies
The sporocarp (also known as fruiting body, fruit body or fruitbody) of fungi is a multicellular structure on which spore-producing structures, such as basidia or asci, are borne. The fruitbody is part of the sexual phase of a fungal life cyc ...
are characterized by the powdery coatings on the surfaces of both the
cap and
stipe. The stipe base is not swollen or disk-like. The stipe surface is more hairy than ''
Mycena adscendens''.
Taxonomy
The species was first described as ''Agaricus alphitophorus'' by
Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1877, based on specimens collected in 1873 from the Devonshire Marsh, a
peatland in
Bermuda
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transferred it to the genus ''
Mycena
''Mycena'' is a large genus of small saprotrophic mushrooms that are rarely more than a few centimeters in width. They are characterized by a white spore print, a small conical or bell-shaped cap, and a thin fragile stem. Most are gray or bro ...
'' in 1887.
William Alphonso Murrill
William Alphonso Murrill (October 13, 1869 – December 25, 1957) was an American mycologist, known for his contributions to the knowledge of the Agaricales and Polyporaceae. In 1904, he became the assistant Curator at the New York Botanical Ga ...
placed the species in ''
Prunulus'' in 1916.
''Mycena osmundicola'', published in 1914,
is a
synonym
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.
P. Manimohan and K.M. Leelavathy defined the
varieties ''distincta'' and ''globispora'' from southern India in 1989.
It is
classified in the
section ''Saccharifera'' of ''Mycena''.
Similar species
''Mycena adscendens'' has a swollen or disk-like stipe base; also, the stipe surface is more densely hairy with caulocystida. ''
Mycena stylobates'' has a pruinose stipe that arises from a basal disc, but the cap is up to 10 mm and lacks white granules. White ''
Hemimycena
''Hemimycena'' is a genus of fungi in the family Mycenaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, and according to a 2008 estimate, contains about 50 species. The genus was described by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1938. They lack amyloid reacti ...
'' species lack granules and all have inamyloid spores.
References
External links
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alphitophora
Fungi described in 1875
Fungi of Europe
Fungi of North America
Taxa named by Miles Joseph Berkeley
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