Snapping Bonnet
Mycena vitilis (Fr.) Quél.
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Edibility
Inedible Source: Wikipedia: Mycena vitilis
Classification from Wikipedia: Mycena vitilis. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
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Photos
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Photo: Alan Rockefeller. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist) -
Photo: Garrett Taylor. CC0. Source (inaturalist) -
Photo: Garrett Taylor. CC0. 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.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
View season data as a table
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 1 |
| February | 1 |
| March | 0 |
| April | 0 |
| May | 1 |
| June | 4 |
| July | 3 |
| August | 4 |
| September | 8 |
| October | 13 |
| November | 13 |
| December | 7 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- British Columbia 9 records · Foraging rules
- Washington 8 records · Foraging rules
- New York 5 records · Foraging rules
- California 4 records · Foraging rules
- Alaska 3 records · Foraging rules
- Michigan 3 records · Foraging rules
- Ohio 2 records · Foraging rules
- Idaho 2 records · Foraging rules
- Illinois 2 records · Foraging rules
- Oregon 2 records · Foraging rules
- Nova Scotia 2 records · Foraging rules
- West Virginia 1 records · Foraging rules
- Utah 1 records · Foraging rules
- Virginia 1 records · Foraging rules
- Wyoming 1 records · Foraging rules
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- Wisconsin1 records
- Indiana1 records
- Colorado1 records
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 vitilis, commonly known as the snapping bonnet, is a species of inedible mushroom in the family Mycenaceae. It is found in Europe and North America, where it grows on the ground among leaves in damp places, especially under alder. The small pale gray to whitish fruit bodies are usually attached to small sticks buried in the leaves and detritus. They are distinguished by their long, slender stems that root into the ground, and by the grooved cap that reaches diameters of up to 2.2 cm (0.9 in). The grayish-white gills on the underside of the cap are distantly spaced, and adnately attached to the stem. M. vitilis contains strobilurin B, a fungicidal compound with potential use in agriculture.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.
Recent finds
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