Mycena pseudocorticola
A small bluish-grey or slate-grey bonnet found on the bark of deciduous trees. The cap is hemispherical or broadly conical, with a pleated appearance. The gills are few and adnate/decurrent. It becomes brownish with age.
Other small Mycena species may be present on the boles of deciduous trees. Older specimens are hard to distinguish from M meliigena, even microscopically, which occurs in in the same habitat.
Globose spores, cheilocystidia with long branching projections ('medusa' form), short diverticulate stem cystidia
Photograph in its habitat; and also from top down, in side view and underneath to show gills; note habitat and substrate. Note that only fresh specimens in good condition can be verified from photos.
Mossy bark of deciduous trees
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Species profile
- Common names
- Steely Bonnet
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Mycenaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 21/10/2025 (Graves, Hazel)
- Last record:
- 30/12/2025 (Hunt, Graham)
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