Lilac bonnet
Mycena pura
Poisonous: never pick it to eat.
This is a game, not a field guide. Never eat a wild mushroom or plant because of it; if you are unsure, ask a mushroom advisor or a poison centre.
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Mycena pura
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Mycenaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Domed, Bell
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Broadleaf forest, Conifer forest
- Spore print
- White
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- It is small, usually only a few centimetres across, and its flesh smells of radish.
- Despite its small size, it contains the poison muscarine.
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Similar fungi
- Shaggy ink cap
Coprinus comatus
- Deadly webcap
Cortinarius rubellus
- Honey fungus
Armillaria mellea
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q1500783 · All fungi · All entries