Mycena crocata

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)

Species of fungus

Mycena crocata

Mycological characteristics

| Gills on hymenium
| Cap is conical
| Hymenium is adnate
| Stipe is bare

| Spore print is white
| Ecology is saprotrophic
| Edibility is 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[edit]

1. ^ "Mycena crocata (Schrad.) P. Kumm. 1871". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
2. ^ a b Paul Sterry, Barry Hughes (2009). Complete British Mushrooms and Toadstools. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-723224-6.

## External links[edit]

* Mycena crocata in Index Fungorum

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5488778
* BioLib: 126077
* CoL: 44SY6
* EoL: 1028735
* Fungorum: 169501
* GBIF: 2526838
* iNaturalist: 566411
* IRMNG: 10696355
* MycoBank: 169501
* NBN: NHMSYS0001490103
* NCBI: 220801
* Open Tree of Life: 1065800

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