Mycena arcangeliana Bres.
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common name(s) : Angel's Bonnet, Olive-coloured Mycena
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Mycenaceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Marasmiaceae/Collybieae
synonyms: Mycena oortiana, Mycena olivascens, Mycena lineata ss.Lge.
(unconfirmed synonyms: Mycena archangeliana, Mycena arcangeliana-oortiana)
edibility : unknown edibility
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The cap is grey with olive green shades, with a central umbo.
The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.
The flesh is unchanging; the odour is radish-like or of iodine;
its texture is fibrous.
The gills are free, crowded .
The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic.
It grows on dead wood.
The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: | width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 1 and 5 cm) |
| height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 10 cm) |
| thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1.5 mm (between 1 and 3 mm) |
Chemical tests : none.
Distinctive features : grey cap with olive shades; odour of iodine especially at stem base; stem base with white down; on dead broad leaved trees
Mycena arcangeliana is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Mycena arcangeliana in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18