Yellowleg Bonnet
Scientific Name:
Mycena epipterygia
Synonyms:
A small and delicate fungus with a bell-shaped cap found growing in grass and moss in damp places in woodlands.
Confusion Species:
Height:
Cap Diameter (mm):
10-20mm
Cap or Bracket Thickness (mm):
Stem Height (mm):
40-80mm
Stem Diameter (mm):
1-2mm
Distribution:
Common from Summer till Autumn.
Habitat:
In woodland growing in damp places amongst grass, moss and debris.
Micro Habitat:
Cap:
Conical initially, campanulate with age, pallid tan with yellowish tints, darker brown towards the centre of the cap, cuticle sticky and peelable, margin faintly denticulate.
Flesh:
Cap flesh thin and whitish, stem flesh is fragile, hollow and whitish.
Gills:
Adnate with decurrent tooth, fairly distant, whitish or with a slightly pink tinge, margin is slightly sticky and peelable.
Spores:
Stem:
Smooth, slender, sticky, yellowish, more or less equal. Ring absent.