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 Mycena filopes
SynonymsAgaricus filopes
BiostatusPresent in region - Origin uncertain
Article: Massee, G.E. (1899) [1898]. The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349 Wellington:.
Description: Pileus membranaceous, conical, then campanulate, at length expanded, obtuse, striate,
greyish-brown or livid-grey, rarely whitish, glabrous, 1-1.5 cm. across; gills free or very
slightly adnexed, narrow, ventricose, crowded, white; stem 6-10 cm. long, very slender,
equal, rather fragile, flaccid, glabrous, whitish, base rooting, fibrillose, hollow.
Habitat: Among fallen leaves, in damp shady places.
Distribution: New Zealand. Australia, Ceylon, India, Europe,
United States.
Notes: Fragile. Distinguished among the small delicate species of Mycena by the very slender
elongated stem, terminating in a long downy rooting base, which runs between the dead
leaves, &c., on which the fungus grows.
Article: Horak, E. (1971). A contribution towards the revision of the Agaricales (Fungi) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 9(3): 403-462 (http://www.rsnz.org/publish/abstracts.php).
Notes: It was impossible to obtain reliable data from this poorly preserved collection
(BERGGREN 16).
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