21 October 2005 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Bell shaped, expanding with age, margin radially lined, white, to about 2 cm across Gills Gills adnate, distant, whitish Stem Slender, equal, white Flesh White, thin, producing a white sap on cutting Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Summer to autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On woody debris and leaf litter in woods Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (10-13) x (5-6) µm2. Basidia 2 or 4 spored. Gill edge cystidia lageniform (flask shaped). Edibility Inedible Notes This fungus is a white form of Mycena galopus. |