Studies in Mycenas—15. A tentative subdivision of the genus Mycena in the northern Hemisphere

The genus Mycena is subdivided into 23 sections, three of which are further subdivided into subsections. A number of these sections are described as new or proposed as new combinations, as follows. Mycena sect. Luculentae (with the subsections Elegantes, Rosellae, and Pterigenae), M. sect. Polyadelphia, M. sect. Monticola, M. sect. Cinerellae, M. sect. Intermediae, M. sect. Pudicae, M. sect. Rubromarginatae, subsections Purae and Violacellae (of sect. Calodontes), subsections Hiemales and Omphaliariae (of sect. Hiemales).