bleeding fairy helmet (LEAP Fungi)

bleeding fairy helmet

Mycena haematopus

Summary ⁷

Mycena haematopus, commonly known as the bleeding fairy helmet, the burgundydrop bonnet, or the bleeding Mycena, is a species of fungus in the Mycenaceae family, of the order Agaricales. It is widespread and common in Europe and North America, and has also been collected in Japan and Venezuela. It is saprotrophic—meaning that it obtains nutrients by consuming decomposing organic matter—and the fruit bodies appear in small groups or clusters on the decaying logs, trunks, and stumps...

Associations ⁸

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Mycena haematopus is saprobic on dead stump of Broadleaved trees

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Mycena haematopus is saprobic on dead stump of Quercus
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Mycena haematopus is saprobic on dead stump of Fagus
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Mycena haematopus is saprobic on dead stump of Pinopsida
Other: unusual host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Mycena haematopus is saprobic on dead stump of Picea
Other: unusual host/prey

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