Mycena pterigena

Mycena pterigena

Mycena pterigena has a somewhat isolated position in the genus being the only member of sect. Pterigenae (Maas Geest.) Maas Geest. It should be easy to identify because of the occurence on decaying fern stalks, the small size, the pink colours of pileus and stipe, and the pink coloured lamellar edge. Occasionally some white specimens may be found growing among normally coloured basidiomata.
Mycena pterigena Fall,Geotagged,Mycena pterigena,United States

Appearance

Pileus 1.5-3(-5) mm across, almost cylindrical to conical, slightly depressed centrally, very shallowly sulcate, translucent-striate, pruinose, glabrescent, pale pink, sometimes very pale brown at the centre, beige to white at the margin. Lamellae 5-11 reaching the stipe, ascending, broadly adnate, decurrent, white, the edge concave, pink. Stipe 10-30 x 0.2-0.3 mm, terete, straight to flexuous, equal, glabrous, at first black at the apex and grey down towards a pink base, then pink to whitish, the base somewhat bulbuous, attached with radiating, white fibrils. Odour none.
Tiny salmon mycena with a yellow band at the edge distinctive little buggers, sort of salmon with a very bright yellow/orange ring at the edge of the cap. Very tiny. Fall,Geotagged,Mycena pterigena,United States

Habitat

decaying fern stalks

References:

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyMycenaceae
GenusMycena
SpeciesMycena pterigena
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