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Mycena guldeniana

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Mycenaceae

Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Agaricales

Genus
  
Mycena

Similar
  
Mycena citrinomarginata, Mycena flavescens, Mycena olida, Mycena olivaceomarginata, Mycena aetites

Mycena guldeniana is a species of agaric fungus in the Mycenaceae family. Described as new to science in 2011, it occurs in Norway. The specific epithet guldeniana honors Norwegian mycologist Gro Gulden. The whitish caps of the fruit bodies are hemispherical before flattening out, and measure 1–2 mm in diameter. They appear solitarily or in small groups on the fallen leaves (occasionally on twigs) of Salix species. The spores are broadly ellipsoid to pip-shaped, smooth, amyloid, and measure 7.5–8.7–10 by 4.8–5.5–6.5 µm.

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Mycena guldeniana Wikipedia