Rosy Bonnet

Mycena rosea Gramberg

Safety first

This mushroom is listed as poisonous. Eating it can make you seriously ill.

Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.

If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call US Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or 911 right away. In Canada, call your provincial poison centre or 911.

Edibility

Poisonous Source: Wikipedia: Mycena rosea

Classification from Wikipedia: Mycena rosea. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.

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Photos

Photo: Christine Young. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Cecil Smith. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Christine Young. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Christine Young. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)

Lookalikes

No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.

Season

When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.

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Recorded observations of Rosy Bonnet by month
Month	Records
January	0
February	0
March	0
April	0
May	0
June	0
July	1
August	0
September	2
October	4
November	1
December	0

Where it is found

States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.

Connecticut 4 records · Foraging rules
British Columbia 1 records · Foraging rules
Georgia 1 records · Foraging rules
New Jersey 1 records · Foraging rules
Tennessee 1 records · Foraging rules

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Identification traits

Cap shape	conical
Underside (gills, pores or teeth)	gills
Ecology	saprotrophic
Stem features	bare
Spore print color	white

Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.

About

Mycena rosea, commonly known as the rosy bonnet, is a species of bioluminescent mushroom in the family Mycenaceae. First named Agaricus roseus in 1803 by Danish botanist Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, it was given its present name in 1912 by Gramberg.

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