The present work is the result of a long lasting cooperation, which resulted among other things in the publication of a European monograph of the marasmioid and collybioid fungi (Antonín & Noordeloos 1993, 1997). After finishing these two volumes, it was decided to tackle another group of small agarics, traditionally placed in tribus Myceneae by Singer (1986). The genus Mycena, already being treated in the excellent work of Maas Geesteranus (1992), was excluded from the project for obvious reasons. The remaining part of tribus Mycenae including the notoriously difficult genus Hemimycena, still appeared in need of a modern treatment.

Hemimycena is now represented in Europe with 35 species, among which 8 new taxa. Full descritions are given, accompanied with line-drawings and a large number of high quality photographs.

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or the author: E-mail: Machiel Noordeloos