Brownedge Bonnet
Brownedge Bonnet - Mycena olivaceomarginata
A very variable grassland Mycena, with a brownish cap that may have pinkish, olive or yellowish tinges. The gills are grey and usually have an edge coloured the same as the cap; sometimes only the gill edge closest to the margins si coloured. It has a nitrous or radish-like smell.
Several other grassland Mycena are similar; however the brownish gill edge should help identification
Photograph from top down, in side-view and from underneath to show gills; note smell, habitat and substrate.
Lawns and other grasslands
Autumn.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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