Bonnet Mushrooms are small, saprotrophic fungi that grow in clusters on decaying wood. They have distinctive bell-shaped caps that flatten with age, typically greyish or brownish and measuring up to 6cm across.
Name: Clustered Bonnet Mycena inclinata
Description: The cap has a scalloped edge and stem a white woolly base. As its common name implies this species is usually found in clusters.
Habitat: Grows mainly on rotting oak logs and stumps.
Name:
Clustered Bonnet
Mycena inclinata
Name:
Clustered Bonnet
Mycena inclinata
Name:
Clustered Bonnet
Mycena inclinata
Name:
Clustered Bonnet
Mycena inclinata
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Name: Saffrondrop Bonnet Mycena crocata
Description: Reddish latex seeps from the stipes when broken and the caps are often stained at the edges.
Habitat: Found in leaf litter and woody debris of deciduous woodland, especially beech.
Name:
Saffrondrop Bonnet
Mycena crocata
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Name: Common Bonnet M. galericulata
Description: Large tuft-forming mushrooms with caps that measure up to 60mm across.
Habitat: Found on well-rotted moss-covered stumps of deciduous trees.
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Name: Burgundydrop Bonnet M. haematopus
Description:
Saprobic, Broken stems release a dark red fluid.
Habitat: Found on stumps and fallen trunks of deciduous trees, especially beech. It likes well-shaded damp places from June until November.
Name: Burgundydrop Bonnet
M. haematopus
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