User:Snowmanstudios/Mycena lucentipes

Mycena lucentipes is a species of fungus in the family Mycenaceae. The mushrooms have . . . parachute-shaped caps which start off darkly grayish-brown, changing to grayish-yellow or pale grayish-brown with a pale white ring at the edge when mature, and reach up to 2 cm in diameter. Their thin, cylindrical, hollow, fragile stems up to 8 mm in diameter are covered in a thick gel and emit a constant yellow-green bioluminescence (the caps do not glow). The gills are attached. The mushroom has a slightly radish-like smell and similar slightly bitter taste.

Habitat
The mushroom was discovered in a limited area of the Atlantic rain forest of São Paulo, Brazil, near Quepos next to the Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica and in Puerte Rico.

. . . It grows on decomposing twigs, rarely on dead leaves or undergrowth, in clusters of two-to-twenty individuals. xxxxxx is credited with the discovery.

Uses
The mushroom has no known nutritional value, contains no known hallucinogens, and is not reported as having any particular cultural significance. Its rarity means that it has never been common in cooking.