Ivory Bonnet

Ivory Bonnet - Atheniella flavoalba

Alternative names
Mycena flavoalba
Description

A small, fragile species that can be abundant in mossy turf.  The cap is white, with a yellowish or creamy buff centre and a striate, toothed edge.  It is 1 to 2 cm across  when mature. It is conical when young becoming more bell shaped and flattened with a slight umbo later. The gills are whitish, adnexed or emarginate, and often with a short decurrent tooth. 

Similar Species

several other small white fungi can occur in grasslands.  

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe.  Note habitat and substrate.

Habitat

grassland

When to see it

Autumn.

UK Status

Fairly common and widespread in Britain.

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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