Cap-shaped mycena (Mycena galericulata)

Systematics:
  • Vaega: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
  • Vaevaega: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
  • Vasega: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
  • Vasega laiti: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
  • Poloaiga: Agaricales (Agaric poʻo Lamellar)
  • Aiga: Mycenaceae (Mycenaceae)
  • Ituaiga: Mycena
  • ituaiga: Mycena galericulata (Ball-shaped Mycena)

Mycena foliga (Mycena galericulata) ata ma fa'amatalaga

Ua:

in a young mushroom, the cap is bell-shaped, then it becomes slightly prostrate with a tubercle in the central part. The mushroom cap takes the form of a “bell skirt”. The surface of the cap and its margins are strongly furrowed. Hat with a diameter of three to six centimeters. The color of the cap is gray-brown, slightly darker in the center. A characteristic radial ribbing is noted on the caps of the mushroom, this is especially noticeable in mature specimens.

pulupa:

thin, brittle, with a slight mealy smell.

Faamaumauga:

free, not frequent. The plates are connected to each other by transverse veins. The plates are painted in a grayish-white color, then become pale pinkish.

Spora pauta:

lanu paʻepaʻe.

Vaʻa:

the leg is up to ten centimeters high, up to 0,5 cm wide. There is a brown appendage at the base of the leg. The leg is hard, shiny, hollow inside. The upper part of the leg has a whitish color, the lower brown-gray. At the base of the leg, characteristic hairs can be seen. The leg is straight, cylindrical, smooth.

Faʻasalalau:

Cap-shaped mycena is found everywhere in forests of various types. It grows in groups on stumps and at their base. A fairly common sight. Fruiting from late May to November.

Tutusa:

all mushrooms of the genus Mycena that grow on decaying wood are somewhat similar. The cap-shaped Mycena is distinguished by its relatively large size.

Mea'ai:

It is not poisonous, but it does not represent nutritional value, however, like many other mushrooms of the genus Mycenae.

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