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

synonyms: Butter Waxcap, Hygrophorus ceraceus, Wachsiger Saftling
Hygrocybe ceracea Mushroom
Ref No: 7953
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Hygrocybe ceracea2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7954
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Yellow
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Hygrocybe ceracea (Wulf. ex Fr.) Kummer syn. Hygrophorus ceraceus (Wulf. ex Fr.) Fr. Wachsiger Saftling Butter Waxcap. Cap 1–2.5cm across, convex then flattened, deep yellow to pale orange, greasy, faintly striate at margin. Stem 25–50 x 2–4mm, dry, concolorous with cap, narrowing towards the base which is sometimes covered in fine white down. Flesh thin, yellow, becoming hollow in the stem. Taste and smell and distinctive. Gills adnate-decurrent and connected by veins, yellow with a paler edge. Spore print white. Spores ellipsoid 5.5–7 x 3um. Habitat in short grass in pastures and lawns. Season autumn. Occasional. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe.

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