Mycena subcyanocephala

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Mycena subcyanocephala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Mycena
Species:
M. subcyanocephala
Binomial name
Mycena subcyanocephala
W.N.Chou

Mycena subcyanocephala is a species of fungus,[1] which has its habitat in the tropical parts of Taiwan. It has been spotted eight times. Mycena subcyanocephala is one of the smallest mushrooms in the world, with buttons about 1 mm tall. The species belongs to the Mycenaceae family, with Mycena interrupta being its closest relative.

Description[edit]

Mycena subcyanocephala is a lignicolous species of section Spinosae, having tomentulose fruitbodies, a white cap with pale blue tone, a thin-walled pileiocystidia and caulocystidia, smooth round-headed cheilocystidia, inamyloid basidiospores, and 2-spored basidia.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mycena subcyanocephala". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  2. ^ 張, 瓊之; 周, 文能 (December 2019). "Two new species of Mycena in Taiwan". Fungal Science (in Chinese). 34: 9–17. ISSN 1013-2732.