Species

Mycena pura (Lilac bonnet)

Mycena pura. Photo: (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Mycena pura, commonly known as the lilac bonnet, 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. Mycena pura is known to bioaccumulate the element boron.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
        Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
        Suborder: Marasmiineae
        Family: Mycenaceae
        Genus: Mycena (Bonnets)
        Section: Calodontes (Mycena sect. calodontes)
        Subsection: Purae
        Species: Mycena pura (Lilac bonnet)

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