Confusing Bonnet

Hemimycena pseudolactea (Kühner) Singer

A species in the family Mycenaceae, order Agaricales. Recorded under 8 common names across 7 languages.

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Classification

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Hemimycena

What it is called

English: Confusing Bonnet
Swedish: småsporig vithätta
Danish: Råhvid huesvamp
Finnish: tihkuhiippo
German: Weißlicher Scheinhelmling
Dutch: Sparrenaaldmycena, Sparrennaaldmycena
Lithuanian: Balsvoji šalmenė

Also known as

Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.

Helotium pseudolacteum (Kühner) Redhead
Marasmiellus pseudolacteus (Kühner) Singer
Mycena pseudolactea Kühner

Others in Hemimycena

Hemimycena albicolor Hemimycena amazonica Hemimycena angusta Hemimycena angustispora Hemimycena arctii Hemimycena aurantiaca Hemimycena brevispora Hemimycena candida Hemimycena cephalotricha Hemimycena conidiogena Hemimycena cretacea Hemimycena crispata

Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).

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