Mycena leptocephala

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Mycena leptocephala

October 2001 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Cap

Convex to bell shaped, expanding with age, smooth, greyish to brownish, radially lined, to about 3 cm across

Gills

Adnate, +/- decurrent tooth, pale greyish, edges whitish

Stem

Cylindrical or narrowing towards the apex, smooth, greyish to brownish

Flesh

Thin, fragile, whitish to greyish

Smell

Bleach, nitrous

Taste

Indistinct

Season

Autumn

Distribution

Very common

Habitat

On soil with grass and in woods

Spore Print

White

Microscopic Features

Spores ellipsoidal to subcylindrical, smooth, amyloid (7-12) x (4-6) µm2, Q = (1.5-1.8). Basidia clavate, generally 4 spored. Gill edge cystidia clavate, fusiform and lageniform. Gill face cystidia rare or absent, clavate with finger like protrusions.

Edibility

Inedible