Species details
Milking bonnet
Mycena galopus
Inedible
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Description
A small greyish bonnet with a long thin stem that releases white milky juice when broken.
Identification features
Cap about 1–2.5 cm wide, bell- to cone-shaped, grey-brown to nearly white and translucently striate at the margin. The slender stem darkens toward the base and exudes white milky juice when injured.
Identification checklist
The key clue is white milky juice from a broken stem combined with the small greyish cap.
How to separate similar species
Mycena crocata exudes orange-red juice and M. haematopus dark blood-red juice. Grey bonnets without milk are harder to identify.
Habitat
Grows on woodland soil among leaves, needles and small woody debris from summer to autumn.
Fruiting period
July, August, September, October, November