Mycena pura
Lilac Bonnet
Mycena puras, Lilac Bonnet. A very variable toadstool, particularly in height, making identification uncertain. Appears to grow in both woodland and unimproved grassland, particularly amoung mosses.
Photograph detail
Slide 1: Mycena pura, Lilac Bonnet. Top view of toadstools growing on rotting timber gatepost. Hargill Lane/Pastures Road, Redmire. November.
Slide 2: Mycena pura, Lilac Bonnet. Toadstools growing on rotting timber gatepost with the moss Hypnum cupressiforme. Hargill Lane/Pastures Road, Redmire. November.
Slide 3: Mycena pura, Lilac Bonnet. Toadstools growing on rotting timber gatepost with the moss Hypnum cupressiforme. Hargill Lane/Pastures Road, Redmire. November.
Slide 4: Mycena pura, Lilac Bonnet. Toadstools growing on rotting timber gatepost with the moss Hypnum cupressiforme. Hargill Lane/Pastures Road, Redmire. November.
Slide 5: Mycena pura, Lilac Bonnet. Gills. Collected from Hargill Lane/Pastures Road, Redmire. November.
Slide 6: Mycena pura, Lilac Bonnet. Spore print. Collected from Hargill Lane/Pastures Road, Redmire. November.
Slide 7: Mycena pura, Lilac Bonnet. Part of spore print, showing spores. Collected from Hargill Lane/Pastures Road, Redmire. November.
Slide 8: Mycena pura, Lilac Bonnet. Top view of toadstools growing in unimproved grassland. Mill Lane/River Ure, Redmire. November.