Bleeding Fairy Helmet

Mycena haematopus (Pers.) P.Kumm.

A species in the family Mycenaceae, order Agaricales. Recorded under 31 common names across 24 languages.

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Classification

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

What it is called

English: Bleeding Fairy Helmet, Burgundydrop Bonnet
Swedish: blodhätta
Norwegian: blodhette
Danish: Blødende huesvamp
Finnish: hurmehiippo
German: Blut-Helmling, Bluthelmling
French: Mycène à pied rouge
Chinese: 紅汁小菇, 紅紫柄小菇, 红紫柄小菇
Czech: helmovka krvonohá
Dutch: Grote bloedsteelmycena
Estonian: Verimütsik
Hebrew: פִּטְרָה מְדַמֶּמֶת, פטרה דממנית, פטרה מדממת
Hungarian: Vérző kígyógomba
Japanese: チシオタケ
Korean: 적갈색애주름버섯
Latvian: Asins sēntiņa
Lithuanian: Raudonsultė šalmabudė
Polish: Grzybówka krwista
Russian: Мицена кровавоножковая
Slovak: prilbička krvavomliečna
Slovenian: krvobetna čeladica
Spanish: Micena sangrante
Ukrainian: Міцена кривавонога
Welsh: Bonet Gwin Coch

Also known as

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

Agaricus haematopus Pers.
Agaricus haematopus subsp. haematopus
Agaricus haematopus var. umbilicatus Mont.
Galactopus haematopus (Pers.) Earle ex Murrill
Mycena haematopoda (Pers.) Kummer, 1871
Mycena haematopoda var. marginata J.E.Lange
Mycena sanguinolenta var. cuspidata (Mitchel & A.H.Sm.) Maas Geest.

Others in Mycena

Mycena aberrans Mycena abieticola Mycena abietina Mycena abietis Mycena abramsii Mycena acadiensis Mycena acanthophila Mycena acicula Mycena aciculata Mycena aciculicola Mycena aconquijensis Mycena acrocephala

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

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