Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Mycenaceae
Species: Mycena flavescens Velen.
Synonyms: Mycena elegans
Mycena luteoalba var. sulphureomarginata
Mycena luteo-alba var. sulphureo-marginata
Yellowing Bonnet
Common Name: Yellowing Bonnet


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Mycena flavescensPhotographer: © Debbie Nelson
Photographer: © Debbie Nelson

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poaceae (1)
Cupressus lawsoniana (1)
Bryophyta (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Grassland and marsh (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Moss (2)
Soil Leaves (2)
Leaf Litter (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
September (1)
October (9)