Mycena urania (Fr.) Quél.
(Violet Bonnet)

Interactions where Mycena urania is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
toadstool toadstool is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying leaf of litter Restricted Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form) Caledonian Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Fungi of Northern Pine and Birch woods, Orton, P.D., 1986
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena urania/Mycena uraniaviolet bonnettoadstool Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form)/Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form)Caledonian pinedead, fallen, decayingleaflitterSole

Mycena urania (Violet Bonnet) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycena urania (Violet Bonnet) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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
Orton, P.D., 1986Fungi of Northern Pine and Birch woodsBull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 20 (2): 130-145.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMycena urania (Violet Bonnet)
GenusMycena (a genus of bonnet toadstools)
FamilyMYCENACEAE (bonnt toadstools and their allies)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mycena urania (Violet Bonnet)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Orton, P.D. 1964 Notes on British Agarics II Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Vol XXVI, No 1: 43-65.

Mycena urania (Violet 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 urania (Violet Bonnet):

Endangered

EN/B

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