Taxonomy

Mycena sp 3 ined. Text Patrick Leonard 2019

Red List Status -


Description

Cap: convex; 5 – 8 mm diameter; dry; radially rugulose with erect brown needle like hairs; white; margin flared and dentate.


Stipe: cylindrical; 6 - 12 × 1 - 2 mm; grey with a white powdery coating; attached to substrate by a greyish white mycelial pad.


Gills: adnexed; moderately crowded; white.


Flesh: thin, white.


Spore print: white.


Spores:


Notes: this Mycena is characterized by the needle like brown spines on a white cap and the grey white powdery stipe with a basal pad. It appears to be in section Sacchariferae, but microscopic information is required to confirm this.

Patrick Leonard 2019


Geographical distribution