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Mycena flavoalba.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Common Bonnet, Gelbweisser Helmling, Mycène blanc et jaune
Mycena flavo alba Mushroom
Ref No: 8393
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Yellow
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Mycena flavoalba (Fr.) Quél. syn. Marasmiellus flavo-albus (Fr.) Sing. Gelbweisser Helmling Mycène blanc et jaune Common Bonnet. Cap 1–2cm across, bell-shaped with prominent umbo, the margin becoming upturned and wavy as the cap expands, pale yellow with darker centre, distinctly lined when fresh. Stem 15–30 x 2–3mm, white to pale yellow, rigid. Flesh thin, white. Taste mild, smell radishy. Gills adnate, white. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia fusoid, thin-walled. Spore print pale yellow. Spores ellipsoid, nonamyloid, 6–8 x 3.5–4um. Habitat on lawns. Season later summer to late autumn. Frequent. Edible but not worthwhile. Found In Europe.

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