MycoKey : the genus Mycena

Generic short diagnoses: Tiny to smallish, white-spored, saprobic agarics, with all kinds of lamellae attachments; mostly with amyloid spores and dextrinoid lamellar trama, often with prominent cheilocystidia.


Species example:


Mycena rubromarginata - DK: rødægget huesvamp UK: Red Edge Bonnet
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, 1.6.1996

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