Mycena noctilucens

Mycena noctilucens is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. The species was first described scientifically by E.J.H. Corner in 1954.[1] Found in Malaysia and the Pacific islands, the mycelium of the fungus is bioluminescent.[2]

Mycena noctilucens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Mycenaceae
Genus:
Mycena
Species:
M. noctilucens
Binomial name
Mycena noctilucens
Corner (1954)

See also
  • List of bioluminescent fungi

References
  1. Corner EJH. (1954). "Further descriptions of luminous agarics". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 37 (3): 256–71. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(54)80009-x.
  2. 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 noctilucens in Index Fungorum


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