Black Milking Bonnet Mycena galopus var. nigra Rea. syn M. leucogala (Cooke) Sacc. (illustrated 70% life size) Cap 1–2cm across, bell-shaped; dark brown to almost black; deeply grooved from margin inwards. Stem 50–100×2–3mm; concolorous with cap, exuding white latex when broken; fine, white down at base. Flesh greyish; very thin; smell not distinctive. Gills adnate; grey. Spores 11–13×5–6¼, ellipsoid; amyloid. Spore print pale cream. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia fusoid, thin-walled, hyaline. Habitat in mixed woods; autumn. Common. Edible but not worthwhile.
