Mycena rosella

Short description: Species of fungus

Mycena rosella

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

M. rosella

Binomial name
Mycena rosella

(Fr.) P. Kumm.

Synonyms

Agaricus rhodellus Fr.
Agaricus rosellus Fr.
Agaricus roseus Pers.
Mycena rosea (Pers.) Sacc.

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 family Mycenaceae. 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]

Microscopic characteristics

The spores are amyloid and have dimensions of 7-9 by 4-5 µm.[3]

## References

1. ↑ "Recommended English Names for Fungi in the UK". British Mycological Society. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716083053/http://www.fungi4schools.org/Reprints/ENGLISH_NAMES.pdf.
2. ↑ Kummer P. (1871). Der Führer in die Pilzkunde. Zerbst. p. 109.
3. ↑ North American Mushrooms: a Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, Conn: Falcon Guide. 2006. p. 167. ISBN 0-7627-3109-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=zjvXkLpqsEgC&q=Mycena+rosella&pg=PA167. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

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