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| synonyms: Lilac Bonnet, Mycène pur, Rettich-Helmling |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Grey to beige |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| 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 in woods, Grows on plant material/manure |
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Mycena pura (Pers. ex Fr.) Kummer Rettich-Helmling Mycène pur Lilac Bonnet. Cap 2–5cm across, rather variable in size, convex with a broad umbo, varying shades of lilac or pink, lined at margin when moist, paler when dry. Stem 50–100 x 4–10mm, rigid, flushed pink, base covered in fine white fibres, Flesh white. Taste mild, smell radishy. Gills adnate, pink. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia bottle-shaped. Spore print white. Spores subcylindric, amyloid, 6–8 x 3.5–4um. Habitat in beech litter. Season summer to winter. Common. 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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Alex Forryan (United Kingdom) - 19 November 2012
Standon, Hertfordshire, UK
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Ricky Rasquedo (United Kingdom) - 08 August 2011
Found in coniferous forestry, North Wales, September 2010.
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 23 April 2009
Hungarian name, Retekszagu kigyogomba.
There is some indication that this mushroom contains small amounts of muscarine.
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 11 November 2008
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