Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Mycenaceae
Species: Mycena galopus var. nigra Rea

Synonyms:

Agaricus leucogalus Mycena fusconigra Mycena galopus var. leucogala Mycena leucogala

Common Name:

Black Milking Bonnet

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Photographer: © Chris Stretch

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Bryophyta (2) Fagus sylvatica (1) Sphagnum (1) Aulacomnium palustre (1) Musci (1) Betula pubescens (1) Betula (1) Pinaceae (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Mire: blanket bog (3) Woodland and scrub (3) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (2) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Bog (1) Bog: raised (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Scrub (1) Wet dwarf shrub heath (1) Woodland: broadleaved (1) Woodland: mixed (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Mossy (6) Moss (3) Soil Grassy (2) Burnt ground (1) Dead Twig (1) Leaf Litter (1) Mossy Peat (1) Soil Peat (1) Stump (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: August (2) September (4) October (17) November (3) December (2)