Mycena arcangeliana Bres.
(Angel’s Bonnet)

Interactions where Mycena arcangeliana is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stem Rare Fallopia japonica Japanese Knotweed Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena arcangeliana/Mycena arcangelianaangel's bonnetfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddead, decayedstemRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed wood Major Fagus beeches Fagales: Fagaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena arcangeliana/Mycena arcangelianaangel's bonnetfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead, fallen, decayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed wood Major Fraxinus ashes Lamiales: Oleaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena arcangeliana/Mycena arcangelianaangel's bonnetfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusashesdead, fallen, decayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed wood Rare PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena arcangeliana/Mycena arcangelianaangel's bonnetfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, fallen, decayedwoodRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stem Rare Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Polypodiales: Dennstaedtiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena arcangeliana/Mycena arcangelianaangel's bonnetfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Dennstaedtiaceae/Pteridium aquilinum/Pteridium aquilinumbrackendead, decayedstemRare

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Mycena arcangeliana (Angel’s Bonnet) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycena arcangeliana (Angel’s Bonnet) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMycena arcangeliana (Angel’s Bonnet)
GenusMycena (a genus of bonnet toadstools)
FamilyMYCENACEAE (bonnet toadstools and their allies)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mycena arcangeliana (Angel’s Bonnet)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Pearson, A.A. 1946 New Records and Observations. III TBMS Vol 29 (4): 191-210, IN1-5.

Mycena arcangeliana (Angel’s Bonnet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mycena arcangeliana (Angel’s Bonnet):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 13 images of Mycena arcangeliana (Angel’s Bonnet)

A small toadstool with a grey cap that is yellowish-tinged towards the margin, and a strong smell of iodoform (Elastoplast). It grows on sticks and trunks of frondose trees. Previously called Mycena oortiana.

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