Mycena olivaceomarginata

Mycena olivaceomarginata is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. Originally described as Agaricus olivaceomarginata by English mycologist George Edward Massee in 1890, he transferred it to Mycena in 1893.[2] Found in Europe and North America, the mycelium of the fungus is bioluminescent.[3]

Mycena olivaceomarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Mycenaceae
Genus:
Mycena
Species:
M. olivaceomarginata
Binomial name
Mycena olivaceomarginata
(Massee) Massee (1893)
Synonyms[1]

Agaricus olivaceomarginatus Massee (1890)
Mycena avenacea var. olivaceomarginata (Massee) Rea (1922)

It was described from Great Britain.

See also

References
  1. "Mycena olivaceomarginata (Massee) Massee 1893". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
  2. Massee G. (1893). British Fungus Flora. 3. London, UK: George Bell & Sons. p. 116.
  3. Desjardin DE, Oliveira AG, Stevani CV (2008). "Fungi bioluminescence revisited". Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 7 (2): 170–82. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.1033.2156. doi:10.1039/b713328f. PMID 18264584.

Mycena olivaceomarginata in Index Fungorum


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