title: Luminescent Mycena: new and noteworthy species.
abstract: Seven species of Mycena are reported as luminescent, representing specimens collected in Belize, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Japan (Bonin Islands), Malaysia (Borneo) and Puerto Rico. Four of them represent new species (Mycena luxaeterna, M. luxarboricola, M. luxperpetua, M. silvaelucens) and three represent new reports of luminescence in previously described species (M. aff. abieticola, M. aspratilis, M. margarita). Mycena subepipterygia is synonymized with M. margarita, and M. chlorinosma is proposed as a possible synonym. Comprehensive descriptions, illustrations, photographs and comparisons with phenetically similar species are provided. A redescription of M. chlorophos, based on analyses of type specimens and recently collected topotypical material, is provided. The addition of these seven new or newly reported luminescent species of Mycena brings the total to 71 known bioluminescent species of fungi.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132, USA. ded@sfsu.edu
authors.forename: Dennis E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Desjardin
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: D Jean
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lodge
authors.forename: Cassius V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Stevani
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D049449:Luminescence