Snapping Bonnet - Mycena vitilis
The cap is 2 to 3 cm, yellow brown or grey brown with whitish gills. The stem is tougher than it appears and is white with a slightly greasy feel.
It grows on the ground among leaves in damp places.
Autumn.
Often solitary.
Fairly common and widespread in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Gilroes Cemetery
10 October 2012
David Nicholls
Cademan Wood
04 November 2012
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
04 November 2015
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
04 November 2015
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
06 November 2013
specimen examined
David Nicholls
Cademan Wood
04 November 2012
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
06 November 2013
specimen examined
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Species profile
- Common names
- Snapping Bonnet
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Mycenaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 19
- First record:
- 02/11/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 15/11/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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Steve Mathers
Cademan Wood
12 November 2017
David Nicholls
Willesley Woods
07 October 2012
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
19 October 2012
