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

synonyms: Fibrous Waxcap, Trockener Saftling
Hygrocybe intermedia Mushroom
Ref No: 7958
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location: Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Yellow
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Hygrocybe intermedia (Pass.) Fayod syn. Hygrophorus intermedius Pass.Trockener Saftling Fibrous Waxcap. Cap 2–7cm across, conical, golden yellow or deep ochraceous, covered in fine fibrils especially at the umbo. Stem 60–90 x 9–18mm, robust, concolorous with cap with yellowish-white base, dry and fibrillose. Flesh yellowish. Smell mushroomy. Gills whitish to pale yellow. Spore print white. Spores ellipsoid, 8–11 x 5–6um. Habitat in grasslands. Season autumn. Rare. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Found In Europe.

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