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 Mycena hiemalis
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 very thin, campanulate, slightly umbonate, margin striate, flesh-colour, rufescent, or
white, often mealy or pruinose, 4-6 mm. across; gills uncinately-adnate, narrow, whitish;
spores narrowly elliptical, 7-8 X 3-5 µ; cystidia absent; stem 1.5-2.5 cm. long, slender, curved
and downy near the base, whitish.
Habitat: On trunks of trees, among moss and lichens.
Distribution: New Zealand. Australia, Europe, Central
America, Cuba.
Notes: Superficially, closely resembling Mycena corticola, with which it sometimes grows
intermixed, but separated by its more scattered habit, longer stem, and more especially by the
elliptical spores and absence of cystidia in the gills.
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