Mycena stylobates

Mycena stylobates (Pers.Fr.) P. Kumm.

common name(s) : Bulbous Bonnet

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

synonyms: Mycena dilatata ss.Rick., Mycena clavularis ss.Lge.

edibility : inedible

The cap is pale white, ochre, greyish to translucent, convex-conical to campanulate then expanded; its margin is striate, especially when damp. The cap surface is and with a few scattered isolated protruding bristles (require magnifying glass to be seen), covered with a gelatinous film than can be easily separated.

The stem is whitish to grey, base attached to the ground through a small disk, with hairs at its edge.

The flesh is white, fragile; its taste is mild, faint; the odour is faint or not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are pale grey then white, adnate to almost free, distant, thicker with age . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, on wood debris, more frequently originating from broad-leaved trees (less frequently conifers).

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.

Dimensions:	width of cap approximately 0.8 cm (between 0.3 and 1.5 cm)
	height of stem approximately 3.5 cm (between 1 and 6 cm)
	thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 0.8 mm (between 0.3 and 1.2 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : small sized and whitish; presence of a disk at stem base, hairy on the side; cap with scattered hairs (use magnifying glass)

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

here should be the distribution map of Mycena stylobates in the forest of Rambouillet

Above : distribution map of Mycena stylobates in the forest of Rambouillet

page updated on 14/01/18