Beautiful Bonnet (Mycena renati)

Key Details

Taxonomic Groups: Fungus or lichen > fungus > Fungus
Red List Status: (Not Relevant) [(not listed)(nr)]
D5 Status:
Section 41 Status: (not listed)
Taxa Included Synonym: (none)
UKSI Recommended Name: Mycena renati
UKSI Recommended Authority: Quél.
UKSI Recommended Qualifier: (none specified)
Red List Citation: (not listed)
Notes on taxonomy/listing: (none)

Criteria

Question 1: Does species need conservation or recovery in England?
Response: Yes
Justification: Assessed as Vulnerable (2006) Known from only 7 sites in last 50 years (mostly around South Downs)
Question 2: Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions?
Response: Yes
Justification: Without evidence of the current national status of this species it will be very difficult to assess if there are any other species-specific actions required for its conservation; or if it is need of conservation at all.
Question 3: At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages?
Response: Yes
Justification: An increase in the availability of large, dead broadleaf wood would be beneficial to this species

Species Assessment

Current step on the Species Recovery Curve (SRC): 2. Biological status assessment exists
Recovery potential/expectation: Unknown
National Monitoring Resource: Opportunistic - insufficient
Species Comments: This species is a saprophyte on rotten broadleaf wood. Known only from 7 sites in last 50 years (mostly around South Downs)

Key Actions

Key Action 1

Proposed Action: An assessment of the necessary national species records should be made according to IUCN guidelines to provide a recognised redlist status criteria for this species.

Action targets: 2. Biological status assessment exists

Action type: Status survey/review

Duration: 1 year

Scale of Implementation: National

High priority sites: N/A

Comments: As no IUCN recognised assessment exists for this species, this action should be prioritised.

Key Action 2

Proposed Action: Land managers at sites where this species has been recorded should be made aware of the importance of leaving large woody debris in site to provide habitat for this species.

Action targets: 7. Best approach adopted at appropriate scales

Action type: Advice & support

Duration: >10 years

Scale of Implementation: ≤ 10 sites

High priority sites: Suitable sites around the South Downs e.g. Duncton To Bignor Escarpment SSSI, Houghton Forest and Arundel area

Comments:

Key Action 3

Proposed Action: If the updated status assessment shows further decline of this species it should be grown in culture and inoculated into dowels for translocation to suitable deadwood resources at existing sites and/or similar sites in the same region.

Action targets: 6. Recovery solutions trialled

Action type: (Re-)introduction

Duration: 1 year

Scale of Implementation: ≤ 10 sites

High priority sites: South Downs

Comments:

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Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.