Yellowleg Bonnet - Mycena epipterygia
This is a long-legged little 'Bonnet'. The cap is only 1 to 2 cm across but the stalk (stipe) is 4 to 8 cm long, although only about 2 mm diameter. The cap is a pale tan colour with a slightly yellow tinge and with a translucent slimy skin that can be peeled off. The stalk (stipe) is distinctively yellow over the upper third.
Can be found growing in grass and moss in damp places in woodlands.
Found in summer and autumn
Fairly frequent and widespread in Britain.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Burbage Common
22 October 2005
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
11 October 2023
Lostash
Leicester Botanical Gardens
19 October 2014
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
11 October 2023
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Species profile
- Common names
- Yellowleg Bonnet
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Mycenaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 22/10/2005 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 07/11/2023 (Bell, Melinda)
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