''Mycena guldeniana'' 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 ...
. Described as new to science in 2011, it occurs in Norway. The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''guldeniana'' honors Norwegian mycologist
Gro Gulden
Gro Sissel Gulden (born 30 October 1939) is a Norwegian mycologist.
She was hired as a curator at the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo in 1967, and was promoted to professor in 2001. She retired in the autumn of 2006. A replacement ...
. The whitish caps of the
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 hemispherical before flattening out, and measure 1–2 mm in diameter. They appear solitarily or in small groups on the fallen leaves (occasionally on twigs) of ''
Salix'' species. The spores are broadly ellipsoid to pip-shaped, smooth,
amyloid, and measure 7.5–8.7–10 by 4.8–5.5–6.5
µm
The micrometre ( international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American spelling), also commonly known as a micron, is a unit of length in the International System of Unit ...
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guldeniana
Fungi described in 2011
Fungi of Europe