Hemimycena cucullata    (Pers.:Fr.) Singer 



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

synonyms: Mycena cucullata, Mycena gypsea ss.Rick. 

edibility : unknown edibility

photo gallery of Hemimycena cucullata
photo gallery of Hemimycena cucullata potential confusions with Hemimycena cucullata toxicity of Hemimycena cucullata genus Hemimycena  

The cap is chalk-white, sometimes a bit ochre.

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 1.5 cm (between 0.5 and 3 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 1.5 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1.5 mm (between 0.5 and 2 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


Hemimycena cucullata is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Hemimycena cucullata in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Hemimycena cucullata in the forest of Rambouillet



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