Mycena olida

Short description: Species of fungus

Mycena olida

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Fungi
Division:  | Basidiomycota
Class:  | Agaricomycetes
Order:  | Agaricales
Family:  | Mycenaceae
Genus:  | Mycena
Species:  |

M. olida

Binomial name
Mycena olida

Bres. (1887)

Synonyms

Hemimycena olida (Bres.) Singer
Marasmiellus olidus (Bres.) Singer (1951)

Mycena olida

Mycological characteristics
| gills on hymenium
| cap is conical
| hymenium is adnate
| stipe is bare

| spore print is white
| ecology is saprotrophic
| edibility: unknown

Mycena olida, commonly known as the rancid bonnet,[1] is a species of mushroom in the family Mycenaceae. It was first described in 1887 by Italian mycologist Giacomo Bresadola.[2]

## Description

The cap, initially conical to convex in shape, flattens out with age and typically reaches diameters of up to 1.5 cm (0.6 in).[3]

## References

1. ↑ "English Names for fungi". British Mycological Society website. British Mycological Society. http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/library/english-names/.
2. ↑ Bresadola G. (1887). "Fungi tridentini". Fungi Tridentini 1 (6–7): 73.
3. ↑ "Mycena olida". Key to the Mycenas of Norway. http://home.online.no/~araronse/Mycenakey/olida.htm.

Wikidata ☰ Q6946904 entry

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