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Mycena singeri

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Mycena singeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Mycena
Species:
M. singeri
Binomial name
Mycena singeri
Lodge (1988)

Mycena singeri is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. Described as new to science in 1988 by Jean Lodge,[1] it is bioluminescent. In 2007, the first reported luminescent species were found from a single site in primary Atlantic Forest habitat in the Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil.[2][3]

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  1. ^ Lodge DJ. (1988). "Three new Mycena species (Basidiomycota: Tricholomataceae) from Puerto Rico". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 91 (1): 109–16. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(88)80011-1.
  2. ^ Desjardin DE, Oliveira AG, Stevani CV (2008). "Fungi bioluminescence revisited". Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 7 (2): 170–182. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.1033.2156. doi:10.1039/b713328f. PMID 18264584.
  3. ^ Capelari, M.; Stevani, C. (2007). "Bioluminescent Mycena species from São Paulo, Brazil". Mycologia. 99 (2): 317–331. doi:10.1080/15572536.2007.11832592.