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

synonyms: Blackening Waxcap, Hygrophore conique, Hygrophorus conicus, Kegeliger Saftling
Hygrocybe conica Mushroom
Ref No: 7957
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Hygrophorus conicus Mushroom
Ref No: 8006
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Hygrophorus conicus2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8007
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Yellow, Red or redish or pink, Black or blackish, Orange
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, 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 conica (Scop. ex Fr.) Kummer syn. Hygrophorus conicus (Scop. ex Fr.) Fr. Kegeliger Saftling Hygrophore conique Blackening Waxcap. Cap 2–5cm across, acutely conical and often irregularly lobed, yellow-orange sometimes flushed scarlet becoming black when bruised or with age. Stem 20–60 x 8–10mm, bright yellow and blackening. Flesh pale yellow, bruising black. Taste and smell none. Gills sinuate, pale yellow. Spore print white. Spores broadly ellipsoid, 7–9(10) x 4–5(6)um in four-spored form but 9–12 x 6–8m in two-spored form. Habitat amongst grass in fields, lawns and roadsides. Season summer to late autumn. Frequent. Edible – not recommended. (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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