Common Bonnet - Mycena galericulata

A very variable species with cap from 2 to 7cm, grey when young but becoming pale biege as it ages, slightly umbonate with an undulating margin. Gills often well separated with inter-veining between them. Stem (stipe): 5 to 9 cm long; 2 to 5 mm thick; equal; hollow; smooth; concolourous with cap, often compressed or furrowed and very tough. 

On stumps and dead branches

Late spring to autumn

Often in clumps

Common and widespread in Britain.

Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland.