Mycena crocata

Short description: Species of fungus

Mycena crocata

M. crocata exuding red latex from broken stipe
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Fungi
Division:  | Basidiomycota
Class:  | Agaricomycetes
Order:  | Agaricales
Family:  | Mycenaceae
Genus:  | Mycena
Species:  |

M. crocata

Binomial name
Mycena crocata

(Schrad.) P.Kumm. (1871)

Synonyms

* Agaricus crocatus Schrad. (1794)

Mycena crocata

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

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

Mycena crocata is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae.[1] The common name saffrondrop bonnet refers to the red or orange latex that it exudes if the stipe is broken.[2] Its habitat is woody debris and leaf litter in deciduous woodland, especially beech.[2]

## References

1. ↑ "Mycena crocata (Schrad.) P. Kumm. 1871". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=169501.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paul Sterry, Barry Hughes (2009). Complete British Mushrooms and Toadstools. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-723224-6.

## External links

* Mycena crocata in Index Fungorum

Wikidata ☰ Q5488778 entry

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