How to Identify Mycenaceae

Key Identification Features

• Young Mycena amicta specimens are distinctly blue, and this blue color fades into brownish tones as the mushroom ages.
• The mushroom's flesh ranges from pale to vinaceous (red wine-colored), has no distinctive odor, and oozes red latex when cut or injured.
• Mycena haematopus can be parasitized by Spinellus fusiger, another fungal species that gives the infected mushroom a distinctly hairy appearance.
• The flesh is thin, pallid, and yellowish, with no distinctive odor or taste.

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