Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Mycenaceae
Species: Mycena acicula (Schaeff.) P. Kumm.
Synonyms: Agaricus acicula
Bonet Felyngoch
Hemimycena acicula
Marasmiellus aciculus
Trogia acicula
Common Name: Orange Bonnet


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Mycena aciculaPhotographer: © Gregory McCann
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Bryophyta (13)
Fagus sylvatica (10)
Quercus (3)
Poaceae (2)
Betula (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Musci (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Carex (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (14)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (7)
Woodland (5)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (4)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (3)
Woodland: mixed (3)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Scrub (2)
Bog: raised (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Wet ash-wych elm woods: Heavy soil forms (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Moss (12)
Twig (9)
Soil Mossy (7)
Soil (5)
Soil Leaves (3)
Dead Wood (2)
Fallen Twig (1)
Leaf Litter (1)
Soil Grassy (1)
Stump (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
May (5)
June (1)
July (1)
August (9)
September (23)
October (16)
November (1)
December (1)