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Snowmanstudios/Mycena lucentipes
Mycena lucentipes in Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Mycena
Species:
M. lucentipes
Binomial name
Mycena lucentipes
xxxxxxxx (2010)
Mycena lucentipes
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown

Mycena lucentipes is a species of fungus in the family Mycenaceae. The mushrooms have . . . parachute-shaped caps which start off darkly grayish-brown, changing to grayish-yellow or pale grayish-brown with a pale white ring at the edge when mature, and reach up to 2 cm (0.79 in) in diameter. Their thin, cylindrical, hollow, fragile stems up to 8 mm (0.31 in) in diameter are covered in a thick gel and emit a constant yellow-green bioluminescence (the caps do not glow). The gills are attached. The mushroom has a slightly radish-like smell and similar slightly bitter taste.[1]

more than 100 Mycena lucentipes on a tree log in Costa Rica
more than 100 Mycena lucentipes on a tree log in Costa Rica

Habitat

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The mushroom was discovered in a limited area of the Atlantic rain forest of São Paulo, Brazil, near Quepos next to the Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica and in Puerte Rico.

. . . It grows on decomposing twigs, rarely on dead leaves or undergrowth, in clusters of two-to-twenty individuals. xxxxxx is credited with the discovery.[1]

Uses

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The mushroom has no known nutritional value, contains no known hallucinogens, and is not reported as having any particular cultural significance. Its rarity means that it has never been common in cooking.

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References

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  1. ^ a b Desjardin, Dennis E.; Brian A. Perry; D. Jean Lodge; Cassius V. Stevani; Eiji Nagasawa (2010). "Luminescent Mycena: new and noteworthy species". Mycologia. 102 (2). Lawrence, KS: The Mycological Society of America: 459–477. doi:10.3852/09-197. PMID 20361513. S2CID 25377671.

Category:Bioluminescent fungi lucentipes

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