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Mycena (Pers.) Roussel, Fl. Calvados, 2e Éd. 64 ('46') (1806)
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. 2001: A nomenclatural checklist of agarics, boletes, and related secotioid and gasteromycetous fungi recorded from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 39(2): 285-348.
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(Pers.) Roussel
Pers.
Roussel
Roussel, H.F.A. de (ed) 1806: Flore du Calvados, 2e Édition. F. Poisson.
1806
64 ('46')
Fr.
Fries, E.M. 1821: Systema Mycologicum. 1. Ex Officina Berlingiana.
9, 140
ICN
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
genus
Mycena

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Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Agaricales
Mycenaceae
Mycena

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has host
Nothofagus
McKenzie, E.H.C.; Buchanan, P.K.; Johnston, P.R. (2000)
has host
Albizia
PDD (1 records from Cook Islands.) Link to an external page
has host
Cocos nucifera
PDD (1 records from Cook Islands.) Link to an external page
is isolate source for
Neobarya agaricicola (Berk.) Samuels & Lowen 2007
ICMP (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is isolate source for
Penicillium Link 1809
ICMP (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
isolated from
Metrosideros excelsa Gaertn.
ICMP (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Agathis australis (D.Don) Lindl.
PDD (8 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Bambusa
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Beilschmiedia tarairi (A.Cunn.) Kirk
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Beilschmiedia tawa (A.Cunn.) Kirk
PDD (3 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Blechnum discolor (G.Forst.) Keyserl.
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Brachyglottis
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Casuarina
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Cortaderia
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Cupressus macrocarpa Gordon
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Cyathea
PDD (3 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
PDD (4 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Cyathea medullaris (G.Forst.) Sw.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Cyatheales
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Cyathodes fasciculata
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (A.Rich.) de Laub.
PDD (3 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Dacrydium cupressinum Lamb.
PDD (10 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Dicksonia squarrosa (G.Forst.) Sw.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Dysoxylum spectabile (G.Forst.) Hook.f.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Eucalyptus
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Fagus
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Fagus sylvatica L.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Fuchsia
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Fuscospora truncata
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Gahnia
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Knightia excelsa R.Br.
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Kunzea
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. 1983
PDD (7 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Leptospermum
PDD (3 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Libocedrus
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Metrosideros excelsa Gaertn.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Myrsine australis (A.Rich.) Allan
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Neopanax
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Nothofagaceae
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Nothofagus
PDD (17 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Nothofagus cliffortioides
PDD (3 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Nothofagus fusca (Hook.f.) Oerst.
PDD (6 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Nothofagus menziesii (Hook.f.) Oerst.
PDD (23 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Nothofagus solandri (Hook.f.) Oerst.
PDD (4 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides (Hook.f.) Poole
PDD (6 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Nothofagus truncata (Colenso) Cockayne
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Pinus
PDD (6 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Podocarpaceae
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Prumnopitys taxifolia (D.Don) de Laub.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Pteridium
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Quercus robur L.
PDD (3 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Rhopalostylis sapida H.Wendl. & Drude
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Ripogonum
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Ripogonum scandens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Rubus fruticosus L.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Salix
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Sequoia
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Vitex lucens Kirk
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Weinmannia
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Barya agaricicola (Berk.) Höhn. 1910
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Dactylium Nees 1816-17
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Neobarya agaricicola (Berk.) Samuels & Lowen 2007
PDD (3 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page

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Anon.: NZFUNGI (unassigned reference).

Collopus Earle 1909

Small delicate mushrooms, saprobic on wood. A segregate genus from Mycena, characterised by a glutinous pileus and stipe.

Two species have been reported from New Zealand, only those listed below have descriptions or images available from NZFungi.

Anon.: NZFUNGI (unassigned reference).

Insiticia Earle 1909

Small delicate mushrooms, saprobic on wood. A segregate genus from Mycena, characterised by a globose spores and cheilocystidia and terminal cells of pileipellis being broom-like.

Two species have been reported from New Zealand, only those listed below have descriptions or images available from NZFungi.

Anon.: NZFUNGI (unassigned reference).

Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806

Small, delicate fungi with bonnet caps, the shape of a bell or an upturned bucket. Mycenas come in a wide variety of colours, most are white, brown, cream or yellow, but they also come in bright red, olive, bright blue and sea green. The caps are generally quite small, from as little as 2 mms wide to a big as a two dollar coin. The stems are usually quite long, very fine, central and can grow directly out of wood or be attached to wood, leaves and twigs by hairs at the base of the stem. Some yield a watery, white or red liquid when the stem is broken. The gills are generally quite deep and often arched. Spore print white.

At least 30 species of Mycena have been recognized in New Zealand. Two of these may be exotic, and of the 28 native species described so far, 19 are endemic. There are probably another 25-50 species which have yet to be described.

Mycena species are all saprobes, breaking down wood, twigs, leaves and other vegetation, key players in the process of returning nutrients to the soil.

Mycena species are amongst the most common of the small mushrooms throughout the country. The native species occur in all kinds of habitats, growing on the massive trunks of fallen kauri and other podocarps, to the tiny dead leaves of manuka and kanuka. There are occasional reports of a bioluminescent species, the tiny mushrooms emitting a greenish glow at night.

Another group of small mushrooms common on fallen wood, leaves and twigs in New Zealand are the Marasmius species. Their fruiting bodies are about the same size as Mycena, but their flesh is tough (stems are pliable, compared to Mycena where they snap easily) and the cap is usually flatter in shape.

Small delicate mushrooms, saprobic on wood. Cap conical (at least when young), spores white, gills not waxy (like the Hygrophorus-like mushrooms), fruiting bodies not reviving after drying (like the Marasmius-like mushrooms).

Some authors segregate Mycena into a number of genera, some of which have been used in the New Zealand literature. These genera are based on characters such as the presence and absence of cheilocystidia, of latex in the tissue, of gelatinous caps and/or stipes, spore shape, etc. The genera include Basisopus, Collopus, Galactopus, Insiticia, Prunulus, and Mycenula.

Thirty or more species of Mycena sensu stricto have been reported from New Zealand, only those listed below have descriptions or images available from NZFungi.

Massee, G.E. 1899: The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349.

Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806

Pileus thin, regular, campanulate, then expanded, usually striate, margin at first straight and embracing the stem; gills adnate or adnexed, white, grey, or pinkish; stem central, slender, hollow; spores white.

The species are as a rule small and slender; colours clear and bright; gills often coloured, but the spores are in all cases white, and in one group the edge of the gills is coloured. Latex, white, red, or saffron, is present in some species, and escapes in drops when the fungus is broken. Allied to Collybia, which differs in having the margin of the pileus incurved when quite young. Most species grow on the ground; a few on wood, twigs, &c.

Stevenson, G. 1964: The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.

Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806

A very large genus of usually rather small somewhat fragile fungi, with pseudo-amyloid to amyloid tissues, an epicutis of special cells or irregular hyphae, amyloid, thin-walled spores, and sterile gill-margins with various types of cystidia.

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Collopus Earle 1909
Collopus Earle (1909)
Anon.
Collopus Earle 1909
Collopus Earle (1909)
F.S. Earle (1909)
Collopus Earle 1909
Collopus Earle (1909)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; David, J.C.; Stalpers, J.A. (2001)
Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouzar 1983
Collopus Earle 1909
Collopus Earle (1909)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008)
Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouzar 1983
Collopus Earle 1909
Collopus Earle
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008-)
Mycenaceae Overeem 1926
Collopus Earle 1909
Collopus Earle (1909)
Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. (2001)
Collopus Earle 1909
Filoboletus Henn. 1899 [1900]
Filoboletus Henn. (1899) [1900]
Hennings, P.C. (1899)
Filoboletus Henn. 1899 [1900]
Filoboletus Henn. (1899) [1900]
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; David, J.C.; Stalpers, J.A. (2001)
Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouzar 1983
Filoboletus Henn. 1899 [1900]
Filoboletus Henn. (1899) [1900]
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008)
Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouzar 1983
Filoboletus Henn. 1899 [1900]
Filoboletus Henn.
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008-)
Mycenaceae Overeem 1926
Filoboletus Henn. 1899 [1900]
Filoboletus Henn. (1899) [1900]
Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. (2001)
Filoboletus Henn. 1899 [1900]
Galactopus Earle 1909
Galactopus Earle (1909)
F.S. Earle (1909)
Galactopus Earle 1909
Galactopus Earle (1909)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; David, J.C.; Stalpers, J.A. (2001)
Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouzar 1983
Galactopus Earle 1909
Galactopus Earle (1909)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008)
Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouzar 1983
Galactopus Earle 1909
Galactopus Earle
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008-)
Mycenaceae Overeem 1926
Galactopus Earle 1909
Galactopus Earle (1909)
Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. (2001)
Galactopus Earle 1909
Hiatula (Fr.) Mont. 1854
Hiatula (Fr.) Mont. (1854)
Hawksworth, D.L.; Kirk, P.M.; Sutton, B.C.; Pegler, D.N. (1995)
Agaricaceae Chevall. 1826
Hiatula (Fr.) Mont. 1854
Hiatula (Fr.) Mont. (1854)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; David, J.C.; Stalpers, J.A. (2001)
Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouzar 1983
Hiatula (Fr.) Mont. 1854
Hiatula (Fr.) Mont. (1854)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008)
Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouzar 1983
Hiatula (Fr.) Mont. 1854
Hiatula (Fr.) Mont.
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008-)
Mycenaceae Overeem 1926
Insiticia Earle 1909
Insiticia Earle (1909)
Anon.
Insiticia Earle 1909
Insiticia Earle (1909)
F.S. Earle (1909)
Insiticia Earle 1909
Insiticia Earle (1909)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; David, J.C.; Stalpers, J.A. (2001)
Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouzar 1983
Insiticia Earle 1909
Insiticia Earle (1909)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008)
Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouzar 1983
Insiticia Earle 1909
Insiticia Earle
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008-)
Mycenaceae Overeem 1926
Insiticia Earle 1909
Insiticia Earle (1909)
Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. (2001)
Insiticia Earle 1909
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
Anon.
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
Desjardin, D.E.; Perry, B.A. et al. (2010)
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
Fries, E.M. (1821)
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
Hood, I.A. (1992)
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; David, J.C.; Stalpers, J.A. (2001)
Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouzar 1983
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008)
Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouzar 1983
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008-)
Mycenaceae Overeem 1926
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Knudsen, J.; Vesterholt, J. (2012)
Mycenaceae Overeem 1926
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
Massee, G.E. (1899)
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
McKenzie, E.H.C. (1991)
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
McKenzie, E.H.C.; Buchanan, P.K.; Johnston, P.R. (2000)
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
Ridley, G.S.; Taylor, G.M. (1997)
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
Roussel, H.F.A. de (1806)
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. (2001)
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
Stevenson, G. (1964)
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
Taylor, G.M. (1970)
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (1806)
Taylor, G.M. (1981)
Pseudomycena Cejp 1929
Pseudomycena Cejp (1929)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008)
Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouzar 1983
Pseudomycena Cejp 1929
Pseudomycena Cejp
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008-)
Mycenaceae Overeem 1926

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New Zealand
Southland
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Cook Islands
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Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Finland
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New Zealand
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New Zealand
Auckland
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New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
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Buller
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New Zealand
Chatham Islands
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Coromandel
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Dunedin
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New Zealand
Fiordland
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Gisborne
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Kaikoura
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Kermadec Islands
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Mackenzie
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Marlborough
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Nelson
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Northland
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Rangitikei
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Southland
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Stewart Island
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Taranaki
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Taupo
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Wairarapa
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Wanganui
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Wellington
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New Zealand
Westland
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Mycena (Pers.) Roussel 1806
Norfolk Island
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United Kingdom
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United States
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