- Proposed
- Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Mycena tenax A.H. Sm.
- Scientific name
- Mycena tenax
- Author
- A.H. Sm.
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Mycenaceae
- Assessment status
- Under Assessment
- Proposed by
- Noah Siegel
- Assessors
- Noah Siegel
- Comments etc.
- James Westrip
Assessment Notes
Justification
Mycena tenax locally is a very common species on the Pacific Northwest of North American coast, and occasional in the Cascade Range. Also reported from Quebec, Canada, and likely more widespread than reports indicate.
Population appears stable, and no declined has been recorded. It should be listed as Least Concern (LC).
Taxonomic notes
Described from Oregon, USA (Smith 1936).
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Mycena tenax locally is a very common species on the Pacific Northwest of North American coast, and occasional in the Cascade Range. Also reported from Quebec, Canada, and likely more widespread than reports indicate.
Population appears stable, and no declined has been recorded. It should be listed as Least Concern (LC).
Geographic range
Southeast Alaska, USA, south through coastal British Columbia, Canada, more widespread in the Pacific Northwest, (from coast to Cascade Range) into coastal northern California, USA. Also reported from Quebec, Canada, and likely more widespread in northern conifer forests.
Population and Trends
Population is widespread, and locally it is a very common species. Called “by far the most common Mycena” in northern California spruce forests, “often carpeting the duff with thousands of fruitbodies” (Siegel & Schwarz 2016). No decline has been recorded.
Population Trend: Stable
Habitat and Ecology
Saprotrophic, growing on conifer needle duff and moss in young to mature forests. It has a preference for, but is not restricted to, wet spruce forests of Northern California and the Pacific Northwest.
Threats
No specific threats have been identified with regards to this species.
Conservation Actions
This species was included on the US Forest Service Northwest Forest Plan species of special concern (Castellano et al. 1999).
Research needed
A better understanding on range of this species.
Use and Trade
None known.
Bibliography
Castellano, M.A., Smith, J.E., O’Dell, T., Cázares, E. and Nugent, S. 1999. Handbook to Strategy 1 Fungal Species in the Northwest Forest Plan. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: Portland, OR. 195 p.
MyCoPortal. 2021. http://mycoportal.org/portal/index.php. Accessed on February 24.
MycoQuebec. 2021. https://www.mycoquebec.org/bas.php?l=r&nom=Mycena tenax / Mycène tenace&post=Mycena&gro=28&tag=Mycena tenax
Perry, B.A. 2002. A Taxonomic Investigation of Mycena in California. Masters Thesis, San Francisco State University: San Francisco, CA. 157 p.
Siegel, N. and Schwarz, C. 2016. Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 601 p.
Smith, A.H. 1936. Studies in the genus Mycena. III. Mycologia. 28:410-430.
