Burgundydrop Bonnet
Burgundydrop Bonnet - Mycena haematopus
The cap is campanulate or conical, and pinkish-brown to purplish-brown. Gills are white or pale purplish; stipe is dark purplish brown, pruinose. The cap, gills and stem bleed a purplish-red juice when cut or bruised.
Mycena sanguinolenta also exudes reddish fluid but has a delicate, striate cap; it is associated with conifer woodlands.
Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills, dark red staining or 'mik', and full length of stipe. Note habitat and substrate.
Broad-leaved woodland, on standing or fallen wood or stumps
June to November.
fairly frequent
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
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