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MYCENACEAE

Angel's Bonnet

Mycena arcangeliana

Usually found on stumps and fallen trunks of beech or ash trees, and occasionally other dead hardwoods. The caps measure up to 25mm across. Smells of iodine. Common

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Saffrondrop Bonnet

Mycena crocata

Reddish latex seeps from the stipes when broken and the caps are often stained at the edges. Found in leaf litter and woody debris of deciduous woodland, especially beech.

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Common Bonnet

Mycena galericulata

Common Bonnets are large tuft-forming mushrooms found on well-rotted moss-covered stumps of deciduous trees. The caps measure up to 60mm across.

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Milking Bonnet

Mycena galopus

When the fruiting bodies of this woodland mushroom are young and fresh the stems release a white milky fluid when snapped. There are two other varieties (see below).

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White Milking Bonnet

Mycena galopus var. candida

A white variation of the Milking Bonnet.

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Black Milking Bonnet

Mycena galopus var nigra

A black variation of the Milking Bonnet.

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Burgundydrop Bonnet

Mycena haematopus

Saprobic, on stumps and fallen trunks of deciduous trees, especially beech. Well-shaded damp places from June until November. Broken stems release a dark red fluid.

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Clustered Bonnet

Mycena inclinata

Grows mainly on rotting oak logs and stumps. The cap has a scalloped edge and stem a white woolly base. As its common name implies this species is usually found in clusters.

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Nitrous Bonnet

Mycena leptocephala

Nitrous Bonnet has conical greyish caps up to 3cm in diameter, and thin fragile stipes up to 5cm long. Its gills are grey and distantly spaced. Grows in short grassland.

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Brownedge Bonnet

Mycena olivaceomarginata

Short grassland autumn species. Its conical brown or beige caps have a diameter less than 5cm. The hollow stipes are much longer than the cap diameters. Pale gills.

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Steely Bonnet

Mycena pseudocorticola

Tiny saprotrophic fungus that grows on dead deciduous trees that are usually covered in moss. Usually seen during autumn and winter.

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Lilac Bonnet

Mycena pura

Saprobic fungus that is often found in leaf litter in broadleaf woodland. Not common in open grassland.

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Dripping Bonnet

Mycena rorida

Tiny fungus also known as the Slippery Mycena. Its stipe is covered in a thick coating of slippery slime. The convex cap, 5-15mm across, is whitish or dirty yellow. This species creates foxfire, a bluish-green bioluminescent glow that is cold to the touch.

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Rosy Bonnet

Mycena rosea

Common woodland species usually found in leaf litter. Caps measure up to 60mm diameter and are pinkish with a whitish margin.