Mycena nargan Grgurinovich Austral. Syst. Bot. 8: 531 (1995)

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Mycena nargan is a small agaric with very dark blackish brown cap (to 18 mm diam.), spotted with small white scales; stem with white scales at base. Gregarious, on wood. RARE.

A stalked agaric (spores produced on gills).

• Pileus/Cap
  Up to 20 mm diam., convex, and remaining so at maturity, blackish brown or dark brown, initially covered with small, white scales over the whole surface. Scales can disappear with age.
• Gills/lamellae Pale grey, adnate.
• Spores Spore print: white.
• Stipe/stalk
  Up to 40 mm long and 3 mm diam., dark brown with white scales at the base when young.
• Habitat
  On fallen wood and stumps, often arising from the underside of small fallen branches.
• Comments
  Odour: not distinctive. Look-alikes: if the characteristic white scales are present, this fungus is highly distinctive. Older specimens, with no scales, can resemble a number of species of Mycena with dark brown to black caps.
• References
  Grgurinovic, C.A. (1995) Mycena in Australia: Mycena nargan sp. nov. and Section Nargan sect. nov., Austral. Syst. Bot. 8: 531-536.

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