Bark Bonnet

Mycena meliigena

On the bark of living deciduous trees, especially limes. Autumn, spring.

Fruiting bodies tiny. Cap 0.3-1 cm across, convex, bluntly flattened, matt, 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: dark reddish-brown fruiting bodies, spores round. Grows only on the bark of living deciduous trees, especially limes, horse chestnuts and maples. Common, noticed especially often in towns (squares, parks). Inedible.