Species details
Saffrondrop bonnet
Mycena crocata
Inedible
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Description
A small yellowish-brown bonnet that exudes orange-red juice from a damaged stem.
Identification features
Cap up to about 2.5 cm wide, bell-shaped with a bump, pale yellow-brown to olive. Stem is very slender, yellowish to orange and contains orange-red juice.
Identification checklist
Check the small yellowish bonnet and orange-red juice from the damaged stem.
Detailed features
- Cap
- Cap up to about 2.5 cm wide, bell-shaped with a bump, pale yellow-brown to olive.
- Stem
- Stem is very slender, yellowish to orange and contains orange-red juice.
Size
- Cap diameter
- ≤ 2,5 cm
Habitat
Grows mainly in beech woodland from small woody debris beneath leaf litter, in summer and autumn.
Fruiting period
July, August, September, October, November
Ecology
- Notes
- Grows mainly in beech woodland from small woody debris beneath leaf litter, in summer and autumn.
How to separate similar species
Mycena haematopus has darker blood-red juice and grows more clustered on wood. M. galopus has white juice.
Similar species
- Bleeding fairy helmet (Mycena haematopus)
- Milking bonnet (Mycena galopus)
- Mycena sanguinolenta