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| synonyms: Milking Bonnet, Mycène à pied laiteux, Weissmilchender Helmling |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Grey to beige |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Conical or nearly so |
| stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter |
| flesh: Flesh exudes white or watery latex (milk) when cut |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides
, Grows on plant material/manure |
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Mycena galopus (Pers. ex Fr.) Kummer Weissmilchender Helmling Mycène à pied laiteux Milking Bonnet. Cap 1–2cm across, conical or bell-shaped, grey-brown with umber centre, distinctly lined. Stem 50–100 x 2–3mm, grey, exuding white latex when broken, base covered in white cottony fibres. Flesh very thin, white. Taste mild, smell not distinctive. Gills adnate, white to grey. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia conspicuous, fusoid, thin-walled. Spores ellipsoid, amyloid, 11–13 x 5–6um. Habitat amongst leaf litter in woods, hedgerows and on path sides. Season summer to autumn. Very common. Edible but not worthwhile -avoid. Distribution, America and Europe. |
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Jasmine Shokar (Canada) - 30 May 2013
Mycena galopus. AKA "Milking bonnet" or the "Milk-drop Mycena"
Ontario, Canada
May 29, 2013
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Jasmine Shokar (Canada) - 30 May 2013
Mycena galopus. AKA "Milking bonnet" or the "Milk-drop Mycena"
Ontario, Canada
May 29, 2013
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