Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Mycena acicula (Schaeff.) Fr.
Synonyms: Agaricus acicula
Hemimycena acicula
Common Name: Orange Bonnet
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Mycena aciculaPhotographer: © Gregory McCann
Photographer: © Gregory McCann

Photographer: © Gregory McCann
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Betula (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Quercus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (6)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (3)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Scrub (2)
Wet ash-wych elm woods: Heavy soil forms (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Dead Branch (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Soil (1)
Soil Grassy (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Twig (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (2)
September (11)
October (9)
November (1)