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Mycena haematopus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Burgundydrop Bonnet, Mycène à pied rouge, Rotstieliger Helmling, Vérzõ kígyógomba
Mycena haematopus Mushroom
Ref No: 8400
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Mycena haematopus2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8401
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Mycena haematopus3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8402
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Flesh exudes coloured latex (milk) when cut, Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on wood

Mycena haematopus (Pers. ex Fr.) Kummer syn. M. cruenta (Fr.) Quél. Rotstieliger Helmling Vérzõ kígyógomba Mycène à pied rouge Burgundydrop Bonnet. Cap 2–4cm across, conical to bell-shaped, grey-brown with clay-pink tint, striate at margin when moist, drying light pink. Stem 40–100 x 2–3mm, grey-pink exuding a deep blood-red latex when broken, often fused together to form tufts. Flesh blood-red. Taste slightly bitter, smell not distinctive. Gills adnate, white becoming pale pink, often with darker edge. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia thin-walled with swollen base and an abrupt pointed apex. Spore print white. Spores ellipsoid, amyloid 7–10 x 5–6um. Habitat on old stumps. Season autumn. Occasional. Said to be edible -avoid. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe.

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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 16 November 2012

Hungarian name, Vérzö kigyogomba
Marjan Kustera (Yugoslavia) - 23 December 2011

Find and taken photo 17.December in Lazarevo Selo,Nis,Serbia by Marjan Kustera,Serbia
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 11 November 2008

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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 11 November 2008

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