Iodine Bonnet

Iodine Bonnet - Mycena filopes

Description

The caps are campanulate, pale grey-brown with a darker umbo and striations.  The gills are white to pale grey, and the stipe is dark at the base, paler towards the top.  It has a string iodoform (chemical) smell, especially when drying out.

Similar Species

Other small Mycena of grasslands and woodlands

Identification difficulty

microscope/smell

Recording advice

This is a difficult speces 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 any smell; note habitat and substrate.

Habitat

Grasslnds and lawns, on buried rotting wood, and under trees.

When to see it

Autumn

UK Status

Common and widespread in Britain.

VC55 Status

Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Additional images

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