Porcelain Fungus

Meerdalwoud, October (2011). It was around 7-8 cm tall. Shiny in the outer part of the umbrella.
The cap is 2-8cm in diameter, semi-transparent and white, rounded. The gills show through the thin cap flesh, giving the margin a striate appearance. A mucous slime covers the cap during wet weather. The gills are broad and very distant, translucent white at first, sometimes developing an ochre tint as the fruiting body ages. The stem
is 3-7 mm in diameter, slender, with a substantial stem ring. Above the ring, the stem is white; below the ring it is slightly striate and greyish.
Oudemansiella mucida releases a powerful fungicide that deters or even anihilates competitors. Known as a strobilurins, these anti-fungal compounds are used increasingly to protect crops from attacks by powdery mildews and other microfungi.
Habitat: Woods. It grows specifically on beech wood.