| Mycena rosella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Basidiomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Mycenaceae |
| Genus: | Mycena |
| Species: | M. rosella |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycena rosella (Fr.) P. Kumm. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Agaricus rhodellus Fr. |
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| Mycena rosella | |
|---|---|
| Mycological characteristics | |
| gills on hymenium | |
| cap is conical | |
| hymenium is adnate | |
| stipe is bare | |
| spore print is white | |
| ecology is saprotrophic | |
| edibility: unknown | |
Mycena rosella, commonly known as the pink bonnet,[1] is a species of mushroom in the Mycenaceae family. First called Agaricus roseus by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1794, it was assigned its current name in 1871 by German scientist Paul Kummer.[2]
The spores are amyloid and have dimensions of 7–9 by 4–5 µm.[3]