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Mycena René (Mycena renati) is a small lamellar fruiting body from the Mycena family and the genus Mycenae. It was first classified by the French mycologist Lucien Kelet in 1886. Other names:
- mycena yellow-legged or yellowish;
- the cap is beautiful;
- yellow-legged nitrate helmet.
Young mushrooms on the trunk of a fallen tree
What do Rene’s mycenae look like?
Rene’s newly appeared mycena looks like a miniature bolt with a rounded ovoid cap. The stem is noticeably longer than the tip. With age, the hat straightens out, becoming at first conical, resembling a bell in its shape, then – outstretched, umbrella-shaped. In old mushrooms, the caps are straight or slightly concave, with a noticeable rounded tubercle at the junction with the stem. In such specimens, a lighter fringe of the hymenophore is clearly visible. The diameter varies from 0,4 to 3,8 cm.
The color is uneven, the edges are noticeably lighter than the middle of the cap. The mushroom can be ocher-yellow, rich orange, pale pink, creamy beige, reddish-brown or brown-yellow. The surface is dry, matte, smooth. The edge is finely serrated, slightly fringed, sometimes there are radial cracks. The pulp is transparent-thin, the scars of the plates are visible through it. Fragile, white, has a characteristic unpleasant smell of urea or bleach. Overgrown mycena Rene has a flesh with a rich nitrogen-rare smell, its taste is sweetish-neutral.
Hymenophore plates straight, wide, sparse. Incremental and slightly descending on the leg. Pure white in young mushrooms, in adulthood they darken to a creamy yellow or pale pinkish hue. Sometimes red or orange stripes appear along the edge. The spore powder is white or slightly creamy, the spores themselves are glassy-colorless.
The leg is long, thin, smooth or curved in a wave-like manner. Tubular shape, hollow inside. The surface is smooth, dry, yellow, sandy or light ocher, olive hue, with pubescence at the root. It grows from 0,8 to 9 cm in length and 1 to 3 mm in diameter.
The lower part of the legs is covered with a long white fluff
Where do Rene’s mycenae grow?
This elegant, festively dressed mushroom is found in broadleaf and mixed forests in the southern regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Widely distributed in Yugoslavia, Austria, France, Turkey, Asia and the Far East, southern Our Country, Krasnodar Territory and Stavropol Territory, North America. Mycena Rene grows in large, closely knit colonies on fallen trees, rotting tree trunks, stumps and large fallen branches. Prefers calcareous soils and hardwoods – beech, poplar, oak, willow, birch, alder, hazel, aspen. Likes shaded wet places, lowlands, ravines and banks of rivers and swamps. The period of active growth is from early summer to late autumn.
Elegant yellow-legged “bells” are visible against the background of brown-green bark from afar
Is it possible to eat mycenae Rene
Mycena Rene is classified as an inedible species due to its low nutritional value and the unpleasant chlorine or nitrogenous smell of the pulp. There is no exact information about its toxicity.
Conclusion
Mycena Rene is a very bright small mushroom, inedible. Belongs to saprophytes growing on the remains of trees and processing them into fertile humus. It occurs in deciduous forests on fallen trees, in fallen trees, on old stumps. Likes wet places. The mushroom picker bears fruit from May to November. It grows in large colonies, often covering the substrate with a solid carpet. It is included in the lists of endangered species in a number of European countries.