Saffrondrop Bonnet

Saffrondrop Bonnet - Mycena crocata

Description

The cap is conical, becoming bell shaped and with small narrow umbo. The gills are white, stained saffron-yellow.  The stipe is orange, darker below, bleeding copious yellow-orange juice when broken. 

Identification difficulty

orange milk

Recording advice

Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe, including orange staining and juice.  Note habitat and substrate.

Habitat

Saprobic, in deciduous woodlands; particularly with Beech trees.

When to see it

June to November in Britain.

UK Status

Widespread, but occasional in England.

VC55 Status

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

Additional images

No additional images available for this species.

All NatureSpot records