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Hygrocybe cantharellus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Goblet Waxcap, Hygrophorus cantharellus, Pfifferlings- Saftling
Hygrocybe cantharellus Mushroom
Ref No: 7952
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Hygrophorus cantharellus Mushroom
Ref No: 8000
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Simple stem
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Hygrocybe cantharellus (Schw.) Murr. syn. Hygrophorus cantharellus (Schw.) Fr. Pfifferlings- Saftling Goblet Waxcap. Cap 0.5–4cm across, convex, slightly scurfy-scaly, scarlet becoming vermillion and often yellowish at the wavy margin. Stem 30–70 x 1–3mm, orange at apex, concolorous with cap below. Flesh orange. Gills deeply decurrent, pale yellowish becoming deep egg-yellow. Spore print white. Spores elliptic, 8–10 x 5–6um. Habitat amongst damp moss. Season autumn. Rare. Edibility unknown -avoid. Distribution, America and Europe.

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