Lilac Bonnet - Mycena pura
Cap 2 to 4.5 cm broad, bell shaped, and then flatter with a slight umbo. Varies in colour from purple or lilac, through pinkish-grey sometimes fading in age to almost white. When moist, the cap margins are distinctly lined.
Broadleaved woodland and other well wooded areas.
Late summer and autumn.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Craig Mabbett
Fosse Meadow's Sharnford
04 November 2015
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
06 November 2013
specimen examined
David Nicholls
Swithland Wood
11 November 2012
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
04 November 2015
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
06 November 2013
specimen examined
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Species profile
- Common names
- Lilac Bonnet
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Mycenaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 24
- First record:
- 02/11/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 15/11/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
02 November 2011
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
02 November 2011
Lostash
Leicester Botanical Gardens
17 October 2015
