Mycena flavescens

Mycena flavescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Basidiomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Mycenaceae
Genus:	Mycena
Species:	Mycena flavescens
Binomial name
Mycena flavescens Velen. (1920)

Mycena flavescens
Mycological characteristics
	gills on hymenium
	cap is conical or campanulate
	hymenium is adnexed
	stipe is bare
	spore print is white
	ecology is saprotrophic
	edibility: edible

Mycena flavescens is a species of Mycenaceae fungus. It was first described scientifically by the Czech mycologist Josef Velenovský in 1920, based on specimens collected in Mnichovice in 1915.^[1] The mushroom is edible.^[2]

References

1. ^ Velenovský J.. České Houby. 2. Prague: České Botanické Společnosti. p. 323. http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2970867. 
2. ^ Boa E. (2004). Wild Edible Fungi: A Global Overview Of Their Use And Importance To People (Non-Wood Forest Products). Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN. p. 137. ISBN 92-5-105157-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=Zd2NlcNZgvcC&lpg=PA137.