Bleeding fairy helmet
Mycena haematopus · 血红小菇
Common小菇科❓ Edibility Unknown
Edibility is unknown and should be treated as poisonous.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- A small, pinkish brown, bell-shaped mushroom with a toothed margin
- Oozes dark red juice when the stem is broken
- Clusters on dead hardwood
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 小菇科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Wood
- How Big
- 1–4 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Common
- Habitat
- Rotting hardwood, often in small clumps
Easily Confused With
Green pepeBy day just a small, grayish white, translucent mushroom, easy to overlook
Lilac bonnetBleeding fairy helmet oozes dark red juice when the stem is broken; lilac bonnet does not, and smells of radish.Fun Fact
Pinch its stem and it oozes dark red fluid, like it's bleeding — a distinctive field mark within the Mycena genus.