Mycena inclinata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Mycenaceae |
Genus: | Mycena |
Species: | M. inclinata |
Binomial name | |
Mycena inclinata (Fr.) Quél. (1872) |
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Synonyms | |
Agaricus inclinatus Fr. (1838) |
Mycena inclinata | |
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Mycological characteristics | |
gills on hymenium | |
cap is conical | |
hymenium is adnate | |
stipe is bare | |
spore print is white | |
ecology is saprotrophic | |
edibility: inedible or unknown |
Agaricus inclinatus Fr. (1838)
Agaricus galericulatus var. calopus Fr. (1873)
Mycena galericulata var. calopus (Fr.) P.Karst. (1879)
edibility: inedible
Mycena inclinata, commonly known as the clustered bonnet or the oak-stump bonnet cap, is a species of mushroom in the family Mycenaceae. The doubtfully edible mushroom has a reddish-brown bell-shaped cap up to 4.5 cm (1.8 in) in diameter. The thin stem is up to 9 cm (3.5 in) tall, whitish to yellow-brown at the top but progressively becoming reddish-brown towards the base in maturity, where they are covered by a yellowish mycelium that can be up to a third of the length of the stem. The gills are pale brown to pinkish, and the spore print is white. It is a widespread saprobic fungus, and has been found in Europe, North Africa, Asia, Australasia, and North America, where it grows in small groups or tufts on fallen logs and stumps, especially of oak. British mycologist E.J.H. Corner has described two varieties of the mushroom from Borneo. Lookalike species with which M. inclinata may be confused include M. galericulata and M. maculata.
First described as Agaricus inclinatus by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1838, it was assigned its current name in 1872 by Lucien Quélet.Mycena galericulata var. calopus (named by Karsten in 1879), and its basionym Agaricus galericulatus var. calopus (named by Fries in 1873), are synonyms.