Mycena lazulina
Species of fungus
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Mycena lazulina is a bioluminescent species of mushroom in the genus Mycena and family Mycenaceae.
| Mycena lazulina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Mycenaceae |
| Genus: | Mycena |
| Species: | M. lazulina |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycena lazulina Har. Takah., Taneyama, Terashima & Oba | |
| Mycena lazulina | |
|---|---|
| Mycological characteristics | |
| Gills on hymenium | |
| Cap is convex | |
| Hymenium is adnate | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Spore print is white | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
| Edibility is unknown | |
It was first described in 2016 from southwestern Japan. The specific epithet, lazulina, is Latin for blue (cf. lapis lazuli).[1]