PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotary cutter for a mower, which comprises a guide member for allowing cutting of weed with a tip of a turning cord-like cut member and can perform more efficient cutting work, and a mower using the same.SOLUTION: A rotary cutter for a mower comprises: a holding member 100 which is mounted to a rotary cutter attachment shaft 14 of a mower and rotated a cord-like cut member 4a whose base end side is held by the holding member 100 and whose distal end side extends outward in a radial direction and a guide member 200 which is relatively rotatable around a rotation axis with respect to the holding member 100 at a lower position of the holding member 100. The guide member 200 is a flat surface with no projection on its undersurface, and a taper surface 250, which becomes lower toward the outside in the radial direction, is formed in a top face peripheral part of the guide member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】旋回するコード状切断部材の先端で雑草等の切断を行うようにガイド部材を備えた草刈機用回転刃において、より効率的な切断作業を行うことができる草刈機用回転刃およびこれを用いた草刈機を提供する。【解決手段】草刈機の回転刃取付け軸14に取付けられて回転させられる保持部材100と、保持部材100に基端側が保持され、先端側が半径方向外方に向けて延出させられたコード状切断部材4aと、保持部材100の下位において当該保持部材100に対してその回転軸心を中心として相対回転可能なガイド部材200と、を備え、ガイド部材200は、その下面が突起物のない平坦面とされているとともに、その上面外周部には、半径方向外方に向かうほど低位となるテーパ面250が形成されている。【選択図】 図2