Mycena pura

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Mycena pura

20 October 2021 Medstead, East Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Cap

Convex, expanding with age, with a central bump, margin radially lined, purple or lilac, about 2 to 5 cm across

Gills

Adnate, broad, distant, pale pink

Stem

Smooth, hollow, fibrous, white or pale pink

Flesh

Thin, white,

Smell

Radish

Taste

Radish

Season

Autumn

Distribution

Common

Habitat

In woods

Spore Print

White

Microscopic Features

Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (6-8) x (3.5-4) µm2. Gill edge cystidia lageniform (flask shaped).

Edibility

Inedible