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.


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Mycena pura, Lilac Bonnet
Top view
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Mycena pura, Lilac Bonnet
With mosses
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Mycena pura, Lilac Bonnet
Old timber gatepost
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With mosses
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Gills
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Spore print
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Spores
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Mycena pura, Lilac Bonnet
Grassland

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.