Mycena pura | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Mycenaceae |
Genus: | Mycena |
Species: | M. pura
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Binomial name | |
Mycena pura |
Mycena pura | |
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![]() | gills on hymenium |
![]() | cap is conical |
![]() | hymenium is adnate |
![]() | stipe is bare |
![]() | spore print is white |
![]() | ecology is saprotrophic |
![]() | edibility: not recommended |
Mycena pura, commonly known as the lilac bonnet,[1] is a species of mushroom in the family Mycenaceae. First called Agaricus prunus in 1794 by Christian Hendrik Persoon, it was assigned its current name in 1871 by German Paul Kummer.[2] Mycena pura is known to bioaccumulate the element boron.[3]
The cap ranges from 1.5–5 cm (0.5–2 in). The stalk is 2–7 cm (0.79–2.76 in) tall and 3–7 mm wide. The spores are white.[4]
Similar species include Clitocybe nuda, Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis, and Mycena purpureofusca.[4]
[5]Mycena pura contains the chemical puraquinonic acid, a sesquiterpene. This compound induces mammalian cells (specifically, the cell line HL60) to differentiate into granulocyte- or macrophage-like cells. The fungus also contains the mycotoxin muscarine, and the antifungal metabolite strobilurin D, the latter previously found in Cyphellopsis anomala.[6] Despite the presence of these toxins,[7] some guides list M. pura as edible.[8]