Saffrondrop Bonnet
Saffrondrop Bonnet - Mycena crocata
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.
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.
Saprobic, in deciduous woodlands; particularly with Beech trees.
June to November in Britain.
Widespread, but occasional in England.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
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