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.
Detailed features
- Cap
- Cap about 1–2 cm wide, hemispherical to low-convex, whitish-yellow to grey-brown and sticky.
- Stem
- Stem is very thin, lemon-yellow and slimy.
Size
- Cap diameter
- 1–2 cm
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
Ecology
- Substrate
- Grassland
- Notes
- Grows in deciduous, mixed and coniferous woodland in moss, needle litter and grass, mainly in late summer and autumn.
How to separate similar species
Mycena is a large genus and many species are small and greyish; atypical specimens can be difficult.