Mycena acicula    (Schaeff.:Fr.) P.Kumm. 

common name(s) : Orange Bonnet 

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

synonyms: Marasmiellus aciculus 

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Mycena acicula
photo gallery of Mycena acicula potential confusions with Mycena acicula toxicity of Mycena acicula genus Mycena  

The cap is bright orange yellow. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is yellowish, without ring.

The flesh is orange, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are pale yellow with white edge, adnate, distant . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on dead wood.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 0.6 cm (between 0.15 and 1 cm)
  height of stem approximately 3.5 cm (between 1 and 5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 0.8 mm (between 0.3 and 1 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : very thin; orange colour; cap with paler margin; on twigs

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



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