Bonnet Mould - Spinellus fusiger
The tiny fruitbodies look like pins. The sporangiophores (stalks) are c. 1 - 3 cm long,
The specimen should be examined with a microscope. Photograph the mould on the host fungus, and identify host if possible.
Mycena or Bonnet mushrooms, occasionally other species of fungi.
Autumn.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
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Wardley Wood
09 October 2022
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Wardley Wood
09 October 2022
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Species profile
- Common names
- Bonnet Mould
- Species group:
- Fungi
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- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 09/10/2022 (N, Matt)
- Last record:
- 06/11/2022 (Bell, Melinda)
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