Mycena galericulata (Mycena galericulata)
Systematics:
- Department: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Mycenaceae (Mycene)
- Genus: Mycena (Mycena)
- Species: Mycena galericulata (Mycena cap-shaped)
or
Mycenae gray-pink
Hat: in a young mushroom, the cap has a bell-shaped shape, then becomes slightly semi-prostrate with a tubercle in the central part. The mushroom cap takes the shape of a 'bell skirt'. The surface of the cap and its edges are strongly grooved. A hat with a diameter of three to six centimeters. The color of the cap is gray-brown, slightly darker in the center. On the caps of the fungus, characteristic radial ribbing is noted, this is especially noticeable in mature specimens.
Pulp: thin, brittle, with a slight powdery odor.
Records: loose, not frequent. The plates are interconnected by transverse veins. The plates are colored grayish-white, then become pale pinkish.
Spore powder: white.
Leg: leg up to ten centimeters high, up to 0.5 cm wide. There is a brown appendage at the base of the leg. The leg is hard, shiny, hollow inside. The upper part of the leg is whitish in color, the lower is brown-gray. Characteristic hairs can be seen at the base of the stem. The leg is straight, cylindrical, smooth.
Distribution: Mycenae cap-shaped is found everywhere in forests of various types. Grows in groups on stumps and at their base. A fairly common view. Fruiting from late May to November.
Similarity: all fungi of the Mycena genus growing on rotting wood are to some extent similar. The cap-shaped mycena is relatively large in size.
Edibility: Not poisonous, but does not represent nutritional value, however, like many other mushrooms of the mycene genus.
Notes: Mycenae are small and large, there are white or black, prostrate or fusiform. All of them are decidedly different from each other. It seems that there are a lot of species, but most of Mycene can be attributed to two species: M. Galericulata and M. inclinata. In one colony, tiny young mushrooms and already fully matured specimens coexist peacefully. Mycenae are very changeable as they grow older, which can be confusing even for experienced mushroom pickers. From inedible mushrooms of this genus, Cap-shaped Mycenae differs in the color of the plates and the presence of transverse veins between the plates.
Photo of the mushroom Mycena cap-shaped from the questions in recognition:
2016.10.24 Igor 
2017.07.29 Tatiana 
2017.12.06 Julia
