First off, what a whimsical name to describe these mushrooms!
The Mycenas of Norway |
Mycena culmigena from the Oregon Wild Blog |
It's always interesting when this happens - in this case it appears Geesteranus said this should really be a different species from M. juncicola (found in Norway though seems to be quite rare there in the record books...). Someone named Redhead described another similar species, Mycena cariciophila, in 1980 and Geesteranus folded that into M. juncicola. The specimen used to describe M. cariciophila was found in New Brunswick (next to Maine)...Anyways, this is probably not the most exciting post but untangling taxonomies is what I use to do and can be a fun exercise time to time :)
Sources:
http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Mycena%20culmigena
http://home.online.no/~araronse/Mycenakey/juncicola.htm
http://www.cbs.knaw.nl/Collections/BioloMICS.aspx?Link=T&TableKey=14682616000000063&Rec=13403&Fields=All
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