''Mycena strobilinoides'', commonly known as the scarlet fairy helmet, 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 ...
. It is found in North America, where it fruits scattered or in dense groups on needle beds and moss.
The mushroom is more common in western than eastern North America, and is also present in Europe.
It prefers to grow at elevations greater than in montane locales. It has
amyloid, ellipsoid
spores measuring 7–9 by 4–5
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 ...
.
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 bright orange, most intensely on the edge of the gills. The stem is covered with long orange hairs.
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strobilinoides
Fungi described in 1893
Fungi of North America
Taxa named by Charles Horton Peck
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