Fleshy Fungi of New Brunswick >> Mycena maculata

Mycena maculata P. Karst.

Picture of Mycena maculata

Clustered (many) on a decayed log of Betula sp., near Herring Cove Beach, Campobello Island, New Brunswick (25-09-16/04).

Recognized by its clustered to densely gregarious growth on dead wood of deciduous trees, dark pileus and cheilocystidia with only a few finger-like projections. It might easily be mistaken for Mycena radicatella or M. galericulata, but those species have cheilocystidia that are more stiptate and densely covered with finger-like projections.

Photograph: D. Malloch (25-09-16/04).