Species details
Iodine bonnet
Mycena filopes
Inedible
Photo: Jerzy Opioła · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo source · License
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Description
A small grey-brown bonnet with a very long thin stem and a characteristic iodine-like smell, especially when drying.
Identification features
Cap about 0.5–2 cm, pointed to bell-shaped, hygrophanous and translucently striate, grey-brown when wet and pale when dry. Stem 3–15 cm long, very thin, with whitish hairs at the base.
Identification checklist
Check the small pointed cap, extremely long thin stem and especially the iodine-like smell when drying.
How to separate similar species
Odour cannot be checked from a photo, so AI confidence should not be high without additional user information.
Habitat
Grows on humus, decaying wood, stumps and among moss in mixed woodland from late spring to late autumn.
Fruiting period
May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January