BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Mycena epipterygia (Scop.) Gray, 1821 (Yellowleg Bonnet)
| Notes (MWS) | A small toadstool with a yellow-ochre to brownish cap and strongly viscid, bright yellow stipe. All surfaces except the gill faces are viscid and there is even a gelatinous layer along the gill edge that can be pulled away with a pin. A very common species on plant debris, especially in coniferous woodland and on heathland. |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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| Mycena epipterygia | Fruitbody | 3 November 1998 | Berks | England | 13 | 8 | |
| Mycena epipterygia | Fruitbody | 3 October 1982 | North Wiltshire | England | 5 | ||
| Mycena epipterygia | Fruitbody | 11 October 1975 | Surrey | England | 2 |
Suggested Literature
Mycena epipterygia may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Mycena epipterygia is associated with:
Associated with Mycena epipterygia:
Mycena epipterygia may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) |
AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools) |
Mycena (a genus of bonnet toadstools) |
References
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
