Greyish-brown Bonnet

Mycena hiemalis

On the bark of living deciduous trees and on snags, windfalls. Autumn, spring.

Fruiting bodies tiny. Cap 0.3-1 cm across, convex, bluntly flattened, matt, translucent, dirty reddish-brown, the margin paler, furrowed. Gills distant, narrow, whitish, with a pink tinge, adnate. Stem 0.3-1.3 cm long and 0.2-0.5 cm thick, dark reddish-brown. Flesh thin, the colour of the cap. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies dark reddish-brown, delicate. Grows on the bark of living deciduous trees, especially limes, horse chestnuts and maples, usually moss-covered. Also occurs on snags, branches and windfalls. Common. Saprotroph. Inedible.