Ivory Bonnet - Mycena flavoalba
A small, fragile species that can be abundant in mossy turf. The cap is white, with a yellowish or creamy buff centre and a striate, toothed edge. It is 1 to 2 cm across when mature. It is conical when young becoming more bell shaped and flattened with a slight umbo later. The gills are whitish, adnexed or emarginate, and often with a short decurrent tooth.
several other small white fungi can occur in grasslands.
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In the UK, mainly in grassland
Autumn.
Fairly common and widespread in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Hinckley, Ashby Rd Cemetery
14 November 2023
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Hinckley, Ashby Rd Cemetery
14 November 2023
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- Common names
- Ivory Bonnet
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Mycenaceae
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