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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Mycenaceae: Mycena purpureofusca (Peck) Sacc., 1887

Mycena purpureofusca – Purple edge bonnet

Synonyms: Agaricus purpureofuscus, Prunulus purpureofuscus.

Common name: purple edge bonnet.

Russian name: Mitsena temno-purpurnaya.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Mycena purpureofusca, commonly known as the purple edge bonnet, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. First described by Charles Horton Peck in 1885, the species is found in Europe and North America, where it grows on the decaying wood and debris of conifers, including cones. Fruit bodies have conical to bell-shaped purple caps up to 2.5 cm (1 in) set atop slender stipes up to 10 cm (4 in) long. The mushroom is named for the characteristic dark greyish-purple color of its gill edges. In the field, M. purpureofusca mushrooms can usually be distinguished from similar species by characteristics such as the dark purple gill edges, the deep purple cap center, and its cartilagineous consistency. The fungus contains a laccase enzyme that has been investigated scientifically for its potential to detoxify recalcitrant industrial dyes used in textile dyeing and printing processes.

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Pinkish bonnet mushrooms (<B>Mycena purpureofusca</B>) near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-09-03.htm">September 3, 2016</A>
LinkPinkish bonnet mushrooms (Mycena purpureofusca) near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 3, 2016
Location on mapsPolyanskaya dor., g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197755
Caps of pinkish bonnet mushrooms (<B>Mycena purpureofusca</B>) with bonnet mold fungus Spinellus fusiger near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-09-03.htm">September 3, 2016</A>
LinkCaps of pinkish bonnet mushrooms (Mycena purpureofusca) with bonnet mold fungus Spinellus fusiger near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 3, 2016
Location on mapsPrimorskoye sh., g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197755
Young purple edge bonnet mushrooms (<B>Mycena purpureofusca</B>) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-19.htm">July 19, 2017</A>
LinkYoung purple edge bonnet mushrooms (Mycena purpureofusca) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 19, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Purple edge bonnet mushrooms (<B>Mycena purpureofusca</B>) on rotten wood in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-19.htm">July 19, 2017</A>
LinkPurple edge bonnet mushrooms (Mycena purpureofusca) on rotten wood in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 19, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Purple edge bonnet mushrooms (<B>Mycena purpureofusca</B>) on a rotten log in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-19.htm">July 19, 2017</A>
LinkPurple edge bonnet mushrooms (Mycena purpureofusca) on a rotten log in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 19, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Close up of purple edge bonnet mushrooms (<B>Mycena purpureofusca</B>) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-19.htm">July 19, 2017</A>
LinkClose up of purple edge bonnet mushrooms (Mycena purpureofusca) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 19, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Purple edge bonnet mushrooms (<B>Mycena purpureofusca</B>) on a rotten birch log in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-19.htm">July 19, 2017</A>
LinkPurple edge bonnet mushrooms (Mycena purpureofusca) on a rotten birch log in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 19, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Purple edge bonnet mushrooms (<B>Mycena purpureofusca</B>)(?) on an old railroad path near Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-26.htm">July 26, 2017</A>
LinkPurple edge bonnet mushrooms (Mycena purpureofusca)(?) on an old railroad path near Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 26, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188663
Purple edge bonnet mushrooms (<B>Mycena purpureofusca</B>) in Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-08-23.htm">August 23, 2018</A>
LinkPurple edge bonnet mushrooms (Mycena purpureofusca) in Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 23, 2018
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188663
Pinkish bonnet mushrooms (<B>Mycena purpureofusca</B>) on a log near Lembolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-08-24.htm">August 24, 2018</A>
LinkPinkish bonnet mushrooms (Mycena purpureofusca) on a log near Lembolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 24, 2018
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188695

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Acknowledgements

Russian web-forums Planeta Gribov, V Kontakte, and Griby Sredney Polosy for learning names of local mushrooms.

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