Mycena sanguinolenta (Alb. & Schwein.) P. Kumm.
(Bleeding Bonnet)

Interactions where Mycena sanguinolenta is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on stem			Calluna vulgaris	Heather	Ericales: Ericaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena sanguinolenta/	Mycena sanguinolenta	bleeding bonnet				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Calluna vulgaris/	Calluna vulgaris	heather			stem
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying needle of litter			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena sanguinolenta/	Mycena sanguinolenta	bleeding bonnet				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, fallen, decaying	needle	litter
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying, often moss-covered wood			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena sanguinolenta/	Mycena sanguinolenta	bleeding bonnet				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead, fallen, decaying, often moss-covered	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying needle of litter			Larix	larches	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena sanguinolenta/	Mycena sanguinolenta	bleeding bonnet				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/	Larix	larches		dead, fallen, decaying	needle	litter
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying, often moss-covered wood			Larix	larches	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena sanguinolenta/	Mycena sanguinolenta	bleeding bonnet				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/	Larix	larches		dead, fallen, decaying, often moss-covered	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying needle of litter			Picea	spruces	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena sanguinolenta/	Mycena sanguinolenta	bleeding bonnet				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces		dead, fallen, decaying	needle	litter
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying, often moss-covered wood			Picea	spruces	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena sanguinolenta/	Mycena sanguinolenta	bleeding bonnet				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces		dead, fallen, decaying, often moss-covered	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying needle of litter			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena sanguinolenta/	Mycena sanguinolenta	bleeding bonnet				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		dead, fallen, decaying	needle	litter
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying, often moss-covered wood			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena sanguinolenta/	Mycena sanguinolenta	bleeding bonnet				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		dead, fallen, decaying, often moss-covered	wood

Interactions where Mycena sanguinolenta is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		fruitbody is parasitised by sporangium			Spinellus fusiger	Bonnet Mould	Mucorales: Phycomycetaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Phycomycetaceae/Spinellus fusiger/	Spinellus fusiger	bonnet mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena sanguinolenta/	Mycena sanguinolenta	bleeding bonnet				fruitbody	Major			sporangium parasitises fruitbody

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Mycena sanguinolenta (Bleeding Bonnet) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Mycena sanguinolenta (Bleeding Bonnet) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycena
(a genus of bonnet toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Mycena sanguinolenta (Bleeding Bonnet)
Genus	Mycena (a genus of bonnet toadstools)
Family	MYCENACEAE (bonnet toadstools and their allies)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Mycena sanguinolenta is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mycena sanguinolenta (Bleeding Bonnet)

Mycena sanguinolenta (Bleeding Bonnet) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycena
(a genus of bonnet toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mycena sanguinolenta (Bleeding Bonnet):

Mycena
(a genus of bonnet toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 18 images of Mycena sanguinolenta (Bleeding Bonnet)

A delicate reddish brown toadstool that grows in woods, on the ground or in litter. Dark red juice exudes when it is damaged.

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