Green pepe
Mycena chlorophos · 荧光小菇
Rare小菇科❓ Edibility Unknown
Edibility is unknown and should be treated as poisonous.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- By day just a small, grayish white, translucent mushroom, easy to overlook
- The entire fruitbody glows green at night
- Grows in the rainy season on fallen twigs and leaf litter in bamboo and hardwood forests
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 小菇科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Wood
- How Big
- 1–3 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Rare
- Habitat
- Rotting twigs in subtropical bamboo and broadleaf forests
Easily Confused With
Bitter oysterSmall, shell-shaped, pale brown, with a short lateral stem
Bleeding fairy helmetA small, pinkish brown, bell-shaped mushroom with a toothed marginFun Fact
It glows through a luciferin-luciferase reaction, the same chemistry fireflies use; it shines brightest on its second night after fruiting, then fades fast.