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Mycena renatiPhoto: Mirek Junek |
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DescriptionGeneral: Small flesh coloured or pinkish agaric with whitish-pink gills and golden yellow stem; clustered on rotten wood of broad leaf trees.Dimensions: Cap 1-2cm dia; stem 2-6cm tall x 0.1-0.2cm dia. Cap: flesh-coloured on distinctly pink with whitish margin, conical-campanulate, dull, smooth, radially fibrillose, margin somewhat striate: flesh whitish, thin. Gills: Whitish then pinkish or salmon, broad, slightly ventricose. Stem: Golden-yellow to orange yellow, more pallid at the apex, hollow, fragile, smooth; ring absent. |
Spores: Hyaline, smooth, ellipsoid, with droplets, 6.5-10.0 x 5-7 µm . Basidia 4 spored; cheilocystidia fusiform-ventricose. Odour: Faintly of Chlorine. Taste: Not Distinctive. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Spring to Summer. |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.7: very rare species with restricted UK range centred on Sussex |
| Justification: declined by approximately 50% pre- and post-1960; illustration on this website and in Field Mycology (2002) suggest it is not overlooked |
| Threats: removal of dead wood |
| Action Required: Survey and monitoring; protection against habitat loss and degradation; ecological assessment. |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records
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Total records: 14 |
| Earliest recording: 1905 | |
| Latest recording: 2002 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 13(6); 14(2); 54(1); 62(3); 64(1); 66(1) | |
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| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: |
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