Biology:Mycena urania

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Short description: Species of fungus

Mycena urania
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Mycena
Species:
M. urania
Binomial name
Mycena urania
(Fr.) Quél.
Synonyms

Agaricus uranius Fr.

Mycena urania
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Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is conical
hymenium is adnate
stipe is bare
spore print is white
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: unknown

Mycena urania, commonly known as the violet bonnet,[1] is a species of mushroom in the family Mycenaceae. First named Agaricua uranius in 1818 by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries, it was assigned its current name in 1872 by the French naturalist Lucien Quélet.[2]

Description

The cap is initially conic in shape, and expands to hemispheric in maturity, typically reaching 0.4 to 1 cm (0.2 to 0.4 in) in diameter.[3]

Distribution

A rare species, the North American distribution of Mycena urania includes Michigan, North Carolina, and Tennessee.[3] It has also been collected in the Scottish Cairngorms.[4]

References

  1. "Recommended English Names for Fungi in the UK". British Mycological Society. http://www.fungi4schools.org/Reprints/ENGLISH_NAMES.pdf. 
  2. Quélet L. (1872). "Les Champignons de Jura et des Vosges". Mémoires de la Société d'Émulation de Montbéliard. 2 5: 243. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Smith AH. (1947). North American species of Mycena.. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. pp. 270–71. 
  4. Shaw P, Thompson D. (2006). The Nature of the Cairngorms: Diversity in a Changing Environment. Edinburgh: The Stationery Office. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-7486-3294-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=mVp6qGygeVgC&q=Mycena+urania&pg=PA154. Retrieved 2009-09-26. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5938951 entry