29 November 2025 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Conical, expanding with age, greyish to brownish, radially lined, to about 1 cm across Gills Adnate, broad, pale grey Stem Slender, equal, concolorous with the cap Flesh Fragile, pale, Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn to winter Distribution Infrequently recorded but often missed Habitat On the bark of deciduous trees usually in moss Spore Print Pale cream Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical, smooth (8-12) µm. Basidia 2 or 4 spored. Gill edge cystidia clavate with short spines. Edibility Inedible Notes See also Mycena meliigena 
29 November 2025 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
29 November 2025 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A crop from the previous image. 29 November 2025 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
29 November 2025 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
29 November 2025 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 29 November 2025 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores on a microscope slide viewed with a 10X objective. 29 November 2025 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
7 October 2006 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
November 2002 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
November 2002 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
November 2002 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
November 2002 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
November 2002 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
November 2002 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |