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Luminous mushrooms
Mycena multesimum.[Maguire
1988]
Page last updated 09 Dec 2011 |
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Mycena multesimum.[Maguire 1988]
(Originally classified as Type_A , status = rare) smaller luminous mushroom of 10-12mm pileus diameter that clusters
on standing tree bark or damaged trees where the wood is exposed.
Mycena
multesimum. [Maguire1988]
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Specimen of Mycena multesimum.
with a pileus diameter of 12mm and a stipe length of 22mmClick the image for magnified view |
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Mycena multesimum.
luminous mushroom Showing
the umbilicate shape at the centre of the pileus.
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Mycena multesimum.
luminous mushroom Showing the
configuration of the hymenium.
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Mycena multesimum.
luminous mushroom
Specimen on rotting tree branch showing the
configuration of the hymenium.
10-02-2009
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Mycena multesimum.
luminous mushroom
Cluster on rotting tree branch.
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Mycena multesimum.
luminous mushroom
As above at night
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Mycena multesimum.
luminous mushroom
Showing the size of the specimen.
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Spores
of Mycena multesimum at 10x magnification through a CCD CMOS
camera.
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| Common Name: |
Luminous mushroom |
| Synonym: |
Mycena multesimum.[Maguire
1988] |
| Pileus |
Cap 10-12 mm broad, at first
hemispherical, becoming conspicuously concave in the centre on maturity ; surface
translucent-striate from margin to centre, umbilicate, coated with transparent secreted
sticky fluid; context thin, membranous, translucent-creamy-white, unchanging when cut;
odour nil. |
| Lamellae |
Gills radial, normal, separate
from the stipe, relatively broad, creamy-white. |
| Stipe |
Stipe 15-22 mm long, < 1.0
mm thick, round, hollow, equal rising from a basal disc ; whitish, translucent. |
| Spores |
spores white in deposit. |
| Mycelia |
the mycelia does not display
any obvious bioluminescent properties. |
| Habitat |
Found only in high altitude
sub-tropical rainforest. Singular/scattered on trunks and branches of damaged
soft-hardwood rainforest species ; fruiting after periods of prolonged wet summer weather
throughout the mushroom season usually November to March. |
| Edibility |
Not recommended |
| Comments |
This white Mycena is easily
recognized by its' size and and growth pattern, also has a pure white cap that
distinguishes it from the other local species of Mycena. |
G.Maguire.
Springbrook
Research Centre
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