Mycena flavescens

Mycena flavescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Mycena
Species: Mycena flavescens
Binomial name
Mycena flavescens
Velen. (1920)
Mycena flavescens
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium

cap is conical

or campanulate
hymenium is adnexed
stipe is bare
spore print is white
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: edible

Mycena flavescens is a species of Mycenaceae fungus. It was first described scientifically by the Czech mycologist Josef Velenovský in 1920, based on specimens collected in Mnichovice in 1915.[1] The mushroom is edible.[2]

References

  1. ^ Velenovský J.. České Houby. 2. Prague: České Botanické Společnosti. p. 323. http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2970867. 
  2. ^ Boa E. (2004). Wild Edible Fungi: A Global Overview Of Their Use And Importance To People (Non-Wood Forest Products). Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN. p. 137. ISBN 92-5-105157-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=Zd2NlcNZgvcC&lpg=PA137.