A study of multiple Mycena mushroom species reported in the journal Cell Genomics has found that they have unexpectedly large genomes.While the mushrooms had been thought to be purely saprotrophic ...

Species in the genus Mycena, meanwhile, are commonly called bonnet mushrooms.Most of these species thrive on nutrients from dead or decaying organic matter and are usually found growing in ...

A study of multiple Mycena mushroom species, also known as “bonnets,” reported in the journal Cell Genomics on June 27 has found that they have unexpectedly large genomes. While the mushrooms ...

Biologists have long known mushrooms of the genus Mycena, ... Mycena species can be opportunist‐generalist plant root invaders, Environmental Microbiology (2023). DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16398.

Facts: Mycena. Most species of the Mycena genus are small, often only a few centimeters wide. Mycena caps are conical or bell-shaped and look like their common namesake – bonnets.

Fungi Biologists have long known mushrooms of the genus Mycena, commonly known as bonnet mushrooms, as fungi that live off of dead trees and plants. New research from the University of Copenhagen ...

A golden-backed frog was discovered with a tiny mushroom growing out of its flank, leaving scientists to question what might be the cause for the unique fungal growth.

Mycena species can be opportunist‐generalist plant root invaders. Environmental Microbiology , 2023; 25 (10): 1875 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16398 Cite This Page : ...

In trees, Mycena could be helpful by pruning dead branches, the authors added. The prognosis of the frog with the mushroom hitchhiker is unknown, but there are a handful of theories as to the ...