Frosty Bonnet - Mycena tenerrima
The cap is white and small, with a diameter typically ranging from 0.25 to 0.75 cm. It is hood shaped, but flattens with maturity. The gills are free or attached to the stem by a line; they are broad, distantly-spaced, sometimes adhering to each other to form a slight collar around the stem, and white throughout their development. The base of the stem is enlarged into a slight bulb which appears like a small disc at the base of the stem on mature specimens.
They grow in fallen twigs and other woody debris usually in well wooded areas.
Autumn.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
White Moor Wood, Shenton
25 October 2018
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
02 November 2011
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
02 November 2011
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Species profile
- Common names
- Frosty Bonnet
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Mycenaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 02/11/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 25/09/2019 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
18 October 2018
AJ Cann
Tugby Wood
21 October 2018
