Mycena subcaerulea Peck
Blue Mycena

Mycena from the Greek word for fungus

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Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap (3)5-15(25) mm; stalk central, stipe 3-8 cm long, 1-2 (2.5) mm diameter, equal, terete or wavy, firm to slightly bendable.. Spore Print Color: white. Spores: basidiospores 6-8 x 6-7(8) micro,m, globose to subglobose, amyloid; basidia 4-spored; cheliocystidia abundant, hyaline; pluerocystidia not differentiated..

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: surface wet to slightly sticky, smooth with a slight granulose at the margin, blue tints remaining on margin, pellicle separable, stipe mildly pubescent due to dense coating of caulocystidia.

Diagnostic microscopic feature: spores are globose to subglobose, amyloid;; pluerocystidia not differentiated

Dynamically generated map
United States and Canada

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: decaying hardwoods

Habitat: decidous woods

Fruiting Season: spring, summer, fall

 
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales
 

 

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