Mycena filopes (Mycena filopes) photo and description

Mycena filopes (Mycena filopes)

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Mycena filopes (Mycena filopes) is a fungus belonging to the Ryadovkovy family. Mushrooms of this species are small in size, and belong to the category of saprotrophs. It is very difficult to distinguish this type of fungus by external signs.

External description of the fungus

The diameter of the cap of the Mycena filopes does not exceed 2 cm, and its shape can be different – bell-shaped, conical, hygrophanous. The color of the cap is grayish, almost white, pale, dark brown or gray-brown. At the edges of the hat is almost always white, but in the central part it is darker. As it dries, it acquires a silvery coating.

The spore powder of Mycena filamentous mushrooms is characterized by a white color. The plates are rarely located under the cap, often grow to the stem and descend along it by 16-23 mm. In their shape, they are slightly convex, sometimes have small teeth, descending, pale gray or whitish, sometimes acquiring a brownish tint.

Fungal spores of Mycena filopes can be found in two-spore or four-spore basidia. Spore sizes in 2-spore basidia are 9.2-11.6*5.4-6.5 µm. In 4-spore basidia, the spore sizes are somewhat different: 8-9*5.4-6.5 µm. The spore form is usually amyloid or tuberous.

Spore basidia are club-shaped and 20-28*8-12 microns in size. They are mainly represented by two-spore varieties, but sometimes they can also contain 4 spores, as well as buckles, which are covered with a small amount of cylindrical outgrowths.

The length of the leg of Mycena filamentous does not exceed 15 cm, and its diameter can be no more than 0.2 cm. Inside the leg is hollow, perfectly even, can be straight or slightly curved. It has a fairly high density, in young mushrooms it has a velvety-pubescent surface, but in mature mushrooms it becomes bare. At the base, the color of the stem is dark or brownish with an admixture of gray. At the top, near the cap, the stem becomes almost white, and darkens a little downward, becoming pale or light gray. At the base, the stem of the presented species is covered with whitish hairs and coarse rhizomorphs.

The flesh of mycena nitkonogoy (Mycena filopes) is tender, fragile and thin, has a grayish tint. In fresh mushrooms, the pulp has an inexpressive smell; as it dries, the plant begins to exude a persistent smell of iodine.

Habitat and fruiting period

Mycena filopogaya (Mycena filopes) prefers to grow in forests of mixed, coniferous and deciduous types, on fertile soils, fallen leaves and needles. Sometimes this type of mushroom can be found on tree trunks covered with moss, as well as on rotting wood. They grow mostly singly, sometimes in groups.

Mycena filamentous mushroom is common, its fruiting period falls on the summer and autumn months, it is common in North America, Asia and in the countries of the European continent.

Edibility

At the moment, there is no reliable information that mycene filamentous mushrooms are edible.

Similar species, distinctive features from them

A species similar to the Mycena filopes is the Cone-shaped Mycena (Mycena metata). The cap of this mushroom is characterized by a conical shape, beige in color, with a pink tint along the edges. It does not have that silvery sheen that is found on the caps of the mycenae of the filamentous. The color of the plates varies from pinkish to white. Cone-shaped mycenae prefer to grow on soft woods and on acidic soils.

Interesting about Mycena filopes (Mycena filopes)

The described species of mushrooms in the territory of Latvia belongs to the number of rare plants, and therefore is included in the Red List of Mushrooms in this country. However, this mushroom is not listed in the Red Book of the Federation and the regions of the country.

The mushroom genus Mycena got its name from the Greek word μύκης, which translates as mushroom. The name of the mushroom species, filopes, means that the plant has a filamentous stalk. Its origin is explained by the addition of two words: pes (leg, foot, leg) and fīlum (thread, thread).