English: Radish helmet; Rosy bonnet.
German: Rosa Rettich-Helmling.
Synonyme: Agaricus roseus; Mycena pura.
Clades:
Mycenaceae;
Agaricales;
Agaricomycetes,
Basidiomycota.
Genus: 232 species.
Region:.
MycologyThe cap has a convex shape, later flattening, ± 5 cm diameter.
Content: two red alkaloid pigments: mycenarubin A, mycenarubin B, these chemicals, related to damirones found in marine sponges.
Similar speciesMycena sororius has electrophoretic migration of isozymes, has larger spores.