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| synonyms: Burgundydrop Bonnet, Mycène à pied rouge, Rotstieliger Helmling |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown, Grey to beige |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Conical or nearly so |
| stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter |
| flesh: Flesh exudes coloured latex (milk) when cut, Mushroom slimy or sticky |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows on wood |
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Mycena haematopus (Pers. ex Fr.) Kummer syn. M. cruenta (Fr.) Quél. Rotstieliger Helmling Mycène à pied rouge Burgundydrop Bonnet. Cap 2–4cm across, conical to bell-shaped, grey-brown with clay-pink tint, striate at margin when moist, drying light pink. Stem 40–100 x 2–3mm, grey-pink exuding a deep blood-red latex when broken, often fused together to form tufts. Flesh blood-red. Taste slightly bitter, smell not distinctive. Gills adnate, white becoming pale pink, often with darker edge. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia thin-walled with swollen base and an abrupt pointed apex. Spore print white. Spores ellipsoid, amyloid 7–10 x 5–6um. Habitat on old stumps. Season autumn. Occasional. Said to be edible -avoid. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe.
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Marjan Kustera (Yugoslavia) - 23 December 2011
Find and taken photo 17.December in Lazarevo Selo,Nis,Serbia by Marjan Kustera,Serbia
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 11 November 2008
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 11 November 2008
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