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Planned posts
Hiyaa, I'm planning on researching a few species of fungi and posting about them. However, I don't know when I'll be able to post, I do know what I'll post about though.
I will post about:
Small staghorn - Calocera cornea
Pixie's parasols - Mycena interrupta
Mycena subcyanocephala
Mycena chlorophos
I can also post about other fungi, just send in a request. I cannot promise, however that I'll be able to post quickly, but I will post about it.
The post about the small staghorn is almost finished actually, it's just that I'm really busy, so I'll probably post it Thursday or Friday.
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Pixie's parasols - Mycena interrupta
This post will discuss multiple features of M. interrupta, including microscopic features. I would like to note that some of the given measurements in µm might not be entirely correct. The measurements differ per source I have found.
Biology and ecology
M. interrupta is a saprotrophic basidiomycete.¹ In other words it is a mushroom that feeds on non-living organic matter (detritus) and whose spores develop in the basidia.
This species primarily grows gregariously (in groups), however, sometimes it grows solitary or more dispersed. It can usually be found on eucalyptus logs or stumps in Oceania.¹ Otherwise they can be found in Nothofagus forests.²
Fruitbody, spores and microscopic features
The cap is 8 millimeters³ to 20 millimeters in diameter and about 4 milimeters high.¹ While it is globose when emergent, as they age they become convex with a slightly depressed center. The surface of the cap is shiny, gelatinous, transluscent, and striate (striped). The cap has a dull-blue hue in the center and near the edges have a more cyan-blue colour.¹
The gill attachment is adnate to free and the gills are moderately close to distant. The margins of the gills are blue and their sides white. There can also be one or two series of lamellulae.¹
M. interrupta has a central stipe which is up to 22 millimetres long and 2 millimetres thick. The surface of the stipe is often pruinose¹, meaning that it seems to be covered with some kind of frost or a powdery secretion. The stem is transluscent white and is attached to the wooden substrate by a bluish basal disc, which often fades to white.¹
The spores of M. interrupta are white, smooth, ellipsoid, or rarely sub globose. These basidiospores are 8-12 x 5.5-9 µm. The basidia are four-spored or sometimes two-spored, with stout sterigmata to 9 µm long; clavate or pear-shaped, with clamp connection at base.¹
Distribution and range
In Australia and New Zealand this species of Mycena is found in Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, South Australia, and Queensland.⁴ This species can also be found in South-America, specifically in Chile.
Two other species, Mycena cyanocephala found in Chile and Mycena veneta from New Zealand have been shown to be identical to Mycena interrupta. This distribution suggests that this species has its origins in the flora of Gondwana.⁵
Links to M. interrupta images:
Text references:
1.
https://www.fncv.org.au/fungi-in-australia/
-> https://www.fncv.org.au/wp-content/uploads/publications/fungi_in_australia/fia-3-basidio-agarico-I.pdf
-> Pages 316 to 317.
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Maybe a fun fact, if you aren't Australian, or just didn't know yet:))
Eucalyptus forests or sclerophyll forests are the most common types of forests in Australia and most species of eucalyptus are native to Australia.
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Mutuals:
Hiyaaaa, some more mycology info:) I know that some of you quite like the Mycena genus, so I hope you'll enjoy this post:))
@squidsandthings
@plants-and-thingz
@fairy-tales-of-yesterday
@flamingears
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In this post I mentioned:
"Two other species, Mycena cyanocephala found in Chile and Mycena venata from New Zealand have been shown to be identical to Mycena interrupta."
This is about Rolf Singer's described M. cyanocephala in Chile. Which can be seen below.
Rolf Singer's description is not about the newly discovered Mycena subcyanocephala, which can be found in Taiwan. It looks like this:
This image is from iNaturalist.
I wanted to clear this up and make sure I was not spreading any misinformation:))
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Pixie's parasols - Mycena interrupta
This post will discuss multiple features of M. interrupta, including microscopic features. I would like to note that some of the given measurements in µm might not be entirely correct. The measurements differ per source I have found.
Biology and ecology
M. interrupta is a saprotrophic basidiomycete.¹ In other words it is a mushroom that feeds on non-living organic matter (detritus) and whose spores develop in the basidia.
This species primarily grows gregariously (in groups), however, sometimes it grows solitary or more dispersed. It can usually be found on eucalyptus logs or stumps in Oceania.¹ Otherwise they can be found in Nothofagus forests.²
Fruitbody, spores and microscopic features
The cap is 8 millimeters³ to 20 millimeters in diameter and about 4 milimeters high.¹ While it is globose when emergent, as they age they become convex with a slightly depressed center. The surface of the cap is shiny, gelatinous, transluscent, and striate (striped). The cap has a dull-blue hue in the center and near the edges have a more cyan-blue colour.¹
The gill attachment is adnate to free and the gills are moderately close to distant. The margins of the gills are blue and their sides white. There can also be one or two series of lamellulae.¹
M. interrupta has a central stipe which is up to 22 millimetres long and 2 millimetres thick. The surface of the stipe is often pruinose¹, meaning that it seems to be covered with some kind of frost or a powdery secretion. The stem is transluscent white and is attached to the wooden substrate by a bluish basal disc, which often fades to white.¹
The spores of M. interrupta are white, smooth, ellipsoid, or rarely sub globose. These basidiospores are 8-12 x 5.5-9 µm. The basidia are four-spored or sometimes two-spored, with stout sterigmata to 9 µm long; clavate or pear-shaped, with clamp connection at base.¹
Distribution and range
In Australia and New Zealand this species of Mycena is found in Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, South Australia, and Queensland.⁴ This species can also be found in South-America, specifically in Chile.
Two other species, Mycena cyanocephala found in Chile and Mycena veneta from New Zealand have been shown to be identical to Mycena interrupta. This distribution suggests that this species has its origins in the flora of Gondwana.⁵
Links to M. interrupta images:
Text references:
1.
https://www.fncv.org.au/fungi-in-australia/
-> https://www.fncv.org.au/wp-content/uploads/publications/fungi_in_australia/fia-3-basidio-agarico-I.pdf
-> Pages 316 to 317.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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Maybe a fun fact, if you aren't Australian, or just didn't know yet:))
Eucalyptus forests or sclerophyll forests are the most common types of forests in Australia and most species of eucalyptus are native to Australia.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mutuals:
Hiyaaaa, some more mycology info:) I know that some of you quite like the Mycena genus, so I hope you'll enjoy this post:))
@squidsandthings
@plants-and-thingz
@fairy-tales-of-yesterday
@flamingears
@lameotello