Mycena margarita (Murrill) Murrill, 1916 (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Mycenaceae): a bioluminescent agaric first recorded in Brazil

By

Alves, Maria Helena
Nascimento, Cristiano Coelho Do

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014-2-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

10

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

239--243

Subjects

Agaricales , Basidiomycota , Brazil , first record , Mycena margarita , Mycenaceae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/10.1.239

 

Abstract

Mycena margarita, a widespread agaric in the Caribbean region and recently recognized as frequently bioluminescent, is reported for the first time in Brazil, occurring on decaying wood in the Araripe National Forest, municipality of Crato, Ceará state. This species is fully described and illustrated and accompanied by color photographs of fresh basidiomata. Comments on the taxonomy and ecology of the species are presented.