''Mycena flavescens'' is a species of

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 ...

fungus. It was first described scientifically by the Czech mycologist

Josef Velenovský Josef Velenovský (22 April 1858 – 7 May 1949) was a Czech botanist, mycologist, pteridologist, and bryologist. He also worked with fossils. He was a research investigator and professor in the Botanical Institute of the University of Prague ...

in 1920, based on specimens collected in

Mnichovice Mnichovice is a town in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,000 inhabitants. It is a part of the Prague metropolitan area. Administrative parts Villages of Božkov and Myšlín are administrat ...

in 1915. The mushroom is

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4354989 flavescens Fungi of Europe Fungi described in 1920