Bulbous Bonnet
Bulbous Bonnet - Mycena stylobates
A small pale grey Mycena with a sticky cap covered with a gelatinous skin hat can be peeled away. It may have a few small central spines. The fragile stem arises from a basal disc which has a fringed margin.
Several other small whitish Mycena arise from a basal disc.
This is a difficult species, and we recommend that it is verified by an expert from a specimen before submission to Naturespot. Close or microscopic examination may be needed. Also photograph from top down, in side view and underneath to show gills; note habitat and substrate.
On fallen leaves, bark, needles etc.
Late summer and autumn.
Widespread and fairly frequent in England and Wales.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020
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