Mycena crocata (Schrad. ex Fr.) Kummer Gelbmilchender Helmling Mycène jaune d’or Saffrondrop Bonnet. Cap 1–3cm across, conical expanding to bell-shaped with umbo, brownish-grey sometimes with olivaceous flush becoming stained orange-red by latex. Stem 40–80 x 2–3mm, lemon-white at apex saffron below exuding an orange latex when broken which gradually stains the stem, white woolliness at base. Flesh thin, saffron. Taste mild, smell none. Gills adnate, white staining orange-red. Cheilocystidia pyriform covered with scattered irregular short processes. Spore print white to pale buff. Spores ellipsoid, amyloid, 8–10 x 5–6um. Habitat leaf litter of deciduous woods, especially beech. Season autumn. Uncommon. Edible – not worthwhile -avoid. Found In Europe. |