On our walk on Monday I noticed that the big old poplar trees by the plan d'eau (village pond) are not just covered in moss all over their lower trunks. At the moment there are also tiny white mushrooms peaking out from amongst the moss, as if the lush greenness is studded with pearls. Naturally I took a quick phone photo, and when I got home I had to figure out what they were.
They seem to be Steely Bonnets Mycena pseudocorticola (Fr. Mycène corticole bleue). They grow on the moss covered bark of living deciduous tree trunks. The Preuilly specimens seem to be very pale and white, but you can see a blue grey tint to their stems. These little mushrooms pop out when it is wet during autumn and winter. Typically they are apparently a bit darker and greyer than the ones in my photo.
Widespread and common they are nevertheless the sort of thing most people overlook, as their tiny conical caps are only a few millimetres across.
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