8 October 2007 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Red Bleeding Mycena Cap Bell shaped, expanding with age, margin scalloped or somewhat ragged, blood red when moist, fading to pinkish, radially lined, to about 4 cm across Gills Adnate, whitish, then pale pink, sometimes with a darker margin Stem Equal, slender, hollow Flesh Blood red, producing a red sap on cutting Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat In clumps on dead wood of deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (7-10) x (5-6) µm2 Edibility Said to be edible Notes This fungus could be confused with Mycena sanguinolenta, which also exudes red sap, but which grows on soil 
8 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
18 October 2007 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
13 October 2007 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
17 October 2007 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
2 November 2007 Essex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |