Mycena leptocephala (Pers. ex Fr.) Gillet syn. M. ammoniaca ([Fr.] Secr.) Quél. s. Pearson syn. M. alcalina var. chlorinella Lange Rauchiger Helmling. Cap 1–1.5cm across, bell-shaped, smoky grey, striate when moist, opaque and grooved when dry. Stem 30–55 x 1–2mm, greyish with paler apex, base woolly white and slightly rooting. Flesh thin, whitish darkening towards the stem base. Taste mild, smelling strongly of ammonia or ozone. Gills pale grey with whitish edge. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, cylindric, fusoid often forked at apex. Spore print whitish. Spores ellipsoid to subcylindric, amyloid, 5–10 x 4–7um. Habitat in short grass. Season autumn. Frequent. Not edible. Distribution, Found In Europe.
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