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

synonyms: Lilac Bonnet, Mycène pur, Retekszagú kígyógomba, Rettich-Helmling
Mycena pura Mushroom
Ref No: 8423
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Mycena pura3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8424
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Mycena pura4 Mushroom
Ref No: 8425
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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

Mycena pura (Pers. ex Fr.) Kummer Rettich-Helmling Retekszagú kígyógomba 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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Sue Mallinson (United Kingdom) - 20 August 2015

Found in the grounds of our local stately home last October
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Kathy Warburton (New Zealand) - 12 January 2014

Found under mixed coniferous forest, predominantly Redwood at fungi site.
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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

Mycena pura5
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