Mycena galopus var. leucogala

Mycena galopus var. leucogala (Cooke) J.E. Lange

common name(s) : Black Milking Bonnet

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

synonyms: Mycena galopus-nigra, Mycena leucogala
(unconfirmed synonyms: Mycena galopus-nigrus)

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Mycena galopus var. leucogala

The cap is dark brown to black, with a central umbo. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is blackish brown to black, without ring.

The flesh is white to grey, unchanging; its taste is mild, radish-like; the odour is weak, of radish; its texture is fibrous, exuding when cut a whitish, unchanging latex.

The gills are whitish grey, adnate, distant . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.

Dimensions:	width of cap approximately 1.5 cm (between 1 and 2 cm)
	height of stem approximately 8 cm (between 5 and 10 cm)
	thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 2 and 3 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : very dark colour; white milk oozing from stem when broken

Mycena galopus var. leucogala is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .

here should be the distribution map of Mycena galopus var. leucogala in the forest of Rambouillet

Above : distribution map of Mycena galopus var. leucogala in the forest of Rambouillet

page updated on 14/01/18