''Mycena aetites'', commonly known as the drab bonnet, is a species of

mushroom A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. ''Toadstool'' generally denotes one poisonous to humans. The standard for the name "mushroom" is t ...

in the family

Mycenaceae The Mycenaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the family contains 10 genera and 705 species. This is one of several families that were separated from the Tricholom ...

. First described as ''Agaricus aetites'' by Swedish mycologist

Elias Magnus Fries Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. Career Fries was born at Femsjö (Hylte Municipality), Småland, the son of the pastor there. He attended school in Växjö. He acquired ...

in 1838, it was assigned its current name in 1872 by Lucien Quélet. This rare mushroom is found in Europe.

Description

The cap is a grey-brown color that is somewhat darker in the center. Initially conical in shape, the cap flattens out in maturity to become bell-shaped; the cap can reach a diameter of up to . The stipe of ''M. aetites'' has a pruinose apex and isglabrous below. The mushrooms has an raphanoid odour. A similar species is ''

Mycena abramsii ''Mycena'' is a large genus of small saprotrophic mushrooms that are rarely more than a few centimeters in width. They are characterized by a white spore print, a small conical or bell-shaped cap, and a thin fragile stem. Most are gray or b ...

''. This species usually grows on woods and have cheilocystidia with a clear acute-neck.

Ecology

''Mycena aetites'' grows on decayed wood and woody debris in temperate ecosystems.

Edibility

''Mycena aetites'' is considered inedible. It has an indistinct taste, and a faint odor of radish.

References

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aetites In the magico-medical tradition of Europe and the Near East, the aetites (singular in Latin) or aetite (anglicized) is a stone used to promote childbirth. It is also called an eagle-stone, aquiline, or aquilaeus. The stone is said to prevent spo ...

Fungi of Europe Fungi described in 1838 Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries