Mycena cyanorrhiza (Mycena cyanorrhiza)

Systematics:
  • Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
  • Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
  • Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
  • Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
  • Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
  • Family: Mycenaceae (Mycenaceae)
  • Genus: Mycena
  • Type: Mycena cyanorrhiza (Mycena sinenogaia)

Mushroom from the Ryadovkovye family – Tricholomataceae.

Features of ecology and phytocenology

Grows in coniferous and mixed moist old-growth forests, in small clusters, on bark, dead wood and mossy rotten coniferous wood. Fruiting from June to September (2, 3).

Status

3(R) is a rare species.

Red Book of the Novosibirsk Region 2008.

Red book of nature of the Leningrad region 2000.

Red book of nature of St. Petersburg 2004.

Short description

Cap 3-10 mm dia., semicircular, bell-shaped, surface dry, smooth, pubescent, striped, light gray, grayish-brown, edge sharp and slightly serrated. The pulp is thin, odorless and tasteless. The plates are white, sparse, grayish, wide with a belly, almost free. Leg 10-20 × 0,2-1 mm, straight, sometimes bent, pubescent, transparent, grayish, hollow, the base is slightly expanded, intensely colored blue, felt.

Distribution

Found in Akademgorodok. In Our Country, it is found in the European part, in the Middle Urals, in Western Siberia, outside of Our Country – in Europe. June – September.

Nutritional Properties

Poisonous.

Similar species

The blue leg and the small size of the fruiting bodies are good distinguishing features for. However, these signs can be found in, and.

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