milky conecap

Also known as White Conecap, Pale Conecap

Milky conecaps sprout in damp morning grass following rain, standing like tiny pale paper lanterns across lawns and pastures. Their delicate, cone-shaped caps rarely survive the afternoon sun, shriveling rapidly as temperatures rise. As saprotrophs, these fungi play a helpful ecological role breaking down thatch and dead roots into rich soil nutrients.