Common Bonnet

Mycena galericulata

Stumps, snags, windfalls of deciduous, less often coniferous trees. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 3-6 (8) cm across, slightly wrinkled, greyish-cream, greyish-brown, greyish, even whitish. Young gills white, greyish, when old softly pink. Stem 7-12x0.2-0.3 cm. Characteristic features: gills grey, when ageing greyish-pink; flesh thin, white, with a rather sharp radish smell, not bitter. Grows singly or in groups. Edible, of low value, very common. A strong wood saprotroph.