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Mycena leptocephala.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Rauchiger Helmling
Mycena leptocephela Mushroom
Ref No: 8408
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

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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