Milky Bonnet

Milky Bonnet Hemimycena lactea (Pers.) Singer syn. Mycena lactea (Pers.) P. Kumm. (illustrated 90% life size) Cap 1–1.5cm across, conical to bell-shaped, margin becoming wavy and irregular when expanded; chalk-white or with pale cream centre, margin striate when moist. Stem 10–50×2–3mm; white; white fibres at base. Flesh white; thin; smell none. Gills adnate; white. Spores 9–11×3–4¼, elongate-elliptical; nonamyloid. Spore print white. Cheilocystidia small, the apex often subcapitate, thin-walled. Habitat in large groups amongst conifer needles and other debris; summer to autumn. Occasional. Edible but not worthwhile.