Drab Bonnet

Drab Bonnet - Mycena aetites

Description

A small grassland fungus, hemispherical or umbonate, dingy grey-brown in colour, lighter in centre; gills greyish and broadly attached; stipe grey. 

Similar Species

other Mycena in grassland

Identification difficulty

microscope

Recording advice

This is a difficult species to identify with certainty unless it has been microscopically examined from a specimen.  Expert verification prior to submssion to NatureSpot is recommended.  Also photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe.  Note habitat and substrate.

Habitat

In short grass.

When to see it

Summer and autumn.

UK Status

Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

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.

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