Mycena galopus var. leucogala    (Cooke) J.E. Lange 

common name(s) : Black Milking Bonnet 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Mycenaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Marasmiaceae/Collybieae  

synonyms: Mycena galopus-nigra, Mycena leucogala 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Mycena galopus-nigrus)  

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of  Mycena galopus var. leucogala
photo gallery of  Mycena galopus var. leucogala potential confusions with  Mycena galopus var. leucogala toxicity of Mycena galopus var. leucogala genus Mycena  

The cap is dark brown to black, with a central umbo. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is blackish brown to black, without ring.

The flesh is white to grey, unchanging; its taste is mild, radish-like; the odour is weak, of radish; its texture is fibrous, exuding when cut a whitish, unchanging latex.

The gills are whitish grey, adnate, distant . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 1.5 cm (between 1 and 2 cm)
  height of stem approximately 8 cm (between 5 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 2 and 3 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : very dark colour; white milk oozing from stem when broken

Mycena galopus var. leucogala is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Mycena galopus var. leucogala in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Mycena galopus var. leucogala in the forest of Rambouillet



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