Mycena olivaceomarginata

Mycena olivaceomarginata is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. Originally described as Agaricus olivaceomarginata by English mycologist George Edward Massee in 1890, he transferred it to Mycena in 1893.[2] Found in Europe and North America, the mycelium of the fungus is bioluminescent.[3]

Mycena olivaceomarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Mycenaceae
Genus:
Mycena
Species:
M. olivaceomarginata
Binomial name
Mycena olivaceomarginata
(Massee) Massee (1893)
Synonyms[1]

Agaricus olivaceomarginatus Massee (1890)
Mycena avenacea var. olivaceomarginata (Massee) Rea (1922)

It was described from Great Britain.

See also
  • List of bioluminescent fungi

References
  1. "Mycena olivaceomarginata (Massee) Massee 1893". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
  2. Massee G. (1893). British Fungus Flora. 3. London, UK: George Bell & Sons. p. 116.
  3. 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 olivaceomarginata in Index Fungorum


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