Saffrondrop Bonnet - Mycena crocata
The cap is conical, becoming bell shaped and with small narrow umbo. The gills are white, stained saffron-yellow. The stipe is orange, darker below, bleeding copious yellow-orange juice when broken.
orange milk 
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Saprobic, in deciduous woodlands; particularly with Beech trees.
June to November in Britain.
Widespread, but occasional in England.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Melinda Bell
Loughborough,Jubilee Wood
30 October 2023
Melinda Bell
Jubilee Wood
28 September 2022
stipe darkens to orange nearer base
Melinda Bell
Jubilee Wood
28 September 2022
stained hand
Melinda Bell
Loughborough,Jubilee Wood
30 October 2023
on tissue
Melinda Bell
Loughborough,Jubilee Wood
30 October 2023
Melinda Bell
Jubilee Wood
28 September 2022
yellow stained spots on cap
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Species profile
- Common names
- Saffrondrop Bonnet
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Mycenaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 28/09/2022 (Bell, Melinda)
- Last record:
- 30/10/2023 (Bell, Melinda)
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