Cap
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2 to 5 cm in diameter when fully mature, the
caps are lilac with a pale, almost white edge. In dry weather a pale area develops in
the middle and gradually spreads until it covers the whole of the cap.
Initially bell-shaped, the caps flatten with a slight umbo and
eventually the edge turns up to reveal the pale gills. |
Gills
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Adnate or slightly decurrent, the crowded
gills are pale grey with a slight lilac tint. |
Stipe
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3 to 8 mm in diameter, the smooth stem is grey and untapering and 4 to 8 cm
long. Quite often the stipe of this bell cap is radially twisted. |
Spore print |
White. |
Odour/taste |
Strong odour of radish when crushed; slight
taste of radish. (Note: this is a poisonous species.) |
Habitat |
Broad-leaf and coniferous woodland. |
Season |
June to October. |
Occurrence |
Very common |
Similar species |
- Mycena rosea, a similar
bell-shaped fungus found in similar habitat, is considered by most mycologists to be a separate
species; it is larger, with a rose-red cap, and it tends to appear a little later than Mycena pura.
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