Mycena asterina

Mycena asterina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Mycena
Species: M. asterina
Binomial name
Mycena asterina
Desjardin, Capelari & Stevani (2007)

Mycena asterina is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. It is found in São Paulo state, Brazil, where it grows singly or scattered on fallen leaves in Atlantic forests.[1] The fruit bodies of the fungus are bioluminescent.[2]

See also

References

  1. Desjardin DE, Capelari M, Stevani C (2007). "Bioluminescent Mycena species from São Paulo, Brazil". Mycologia. 99 (2): 317–31. doi:10.3852/mycologia.99.2.317. PMID 17682785.
  2. Desjardin DE, Oliveira AG, Stevani CV (2008). "Fungi bioluminescence revisited". Photochemical & Photobiological sciences. 7 (2): 170–82. doi:10.1039/b713328f. PMID 18264584.

Mycena asterina in Index Fungorum


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