14 October 2006 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Mycena leucogala Cap Bell shaped, expanding with age, margin radially lined, dark brown, to about 2 cm across Gills Gills adnate, distant, whitish Stem Slender, equal, concolorous with the cap Flesh Whitish, producing a white sap on cutting Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On sandy soil, and woody debris in deciduous and coniferous woods Spore Print Pale cream 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 Leucogala means white milk. This fungus is a dark form of Mycena galopus |