Milking Bonnet

Milking Bonnet - Mycena galopus

Description

Variable in colour; caps greyish-brown but can be blackish in var. leucogala (nigra) or white in var. candida.   Gills whitish. The stipe is pale brown, may be pruinose.  Fresh specimens exude a whitish juice when stem is broken near the base.  The smell is slightly radish-like. 

Similar Species

other Mycena

Identification difficulty

white 'milk'

Recording advice

This is a difficult speces to identify with certainty unless the white 'milk' is observed.  If this is not recorded, it should be microscopically examined from a specimen.  Expert verification prior to submssion to NatureSpot may be neeed.  Also photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe.  Note habitat and substrate.

Habitat

It is found in mixed woodland

When to see it

Autumn

UK Status

Widespread and common in Britain.

VC55 Status

Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.

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