Species details
Yellowleg bonnet
Mycena epipterygia
Inedible
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Description
A small bonnet with a sticky greyish cap and a characteristic lemon-yellow slimy stem.
Identification features
Cap about 1–2 cm wide, hemispherical to low-convex, whitish-yellow to grey-brown and sticky. Stem is very thin, lemon-yellow and slimy.
Identification checklist
Key is the combination of a sticky greyish cap and a very thin lemon-yellow slimy stem.
How to separate similar species
Mycena is a large genus and many species are small and greyish; atypical specimens can be difficult.
Habitat
Grows in deciduous, mixed and coniferous woodland in moss, needle litter and grass, mainly in late summer and autumn.
Fruiting period
August, September, October, November