Mycena crocata    (Schrad.:Fr.) P.Kumm. 

common name(s) : Saffrondrop Bonnet, Orange-Milk Mycena 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Mycenaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Marasmiaceae/Collybieae  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with  Mycena crocata toxicity of Mycena crocata genus Mycena  

The cap is grey-brown they grey cap, often with red or orange stains.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 1 and 3 cm)
  height of stem approximately 9 cm (between 4 and 13 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 1 and 5 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


Mycena crocata is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Mycena crocata in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Mycena crocata in the forest of Rambouillet



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