Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Mycenaceae
Species: Hemimycena tortuosa (P.D. Orton) Redhead
Synonyms: Mycena tortuosa
Common Name: Dewdrop Bonnet


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Hemimycena tortuosaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Corylus avellana (7)
Fraxinus excelsior (3)
Rhododendron (2)
Quercus (2)
Picea (1)
Larix (1)
Aesculus hippocastanum (1)
Fraxinus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (19)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8)
Woodland (7)
Woodland: mixed (7)
Parkland and scattered trees (5)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (4)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (4)
Built up area, domestic (3)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (3)
Woodland and scrub (3)
Woodland: broadleaved (3)
Scrub (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Twig (10)
Wood (9)
Dead Wood (7)
Dead Twig (3)
Fallen Twig (3)
Fallen log (2)
Leaf (2)
Bark (1)
Fallen Bark (1)
Leaf Litter (1)
Mossy Wood (1)
Plant, dead, wet (1)
Stick (1)
Wood litter (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
March (1)
April (1)
May (1)
June (1)
August (1)
September (1)
October (33)
November (2)
December (1)