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| synonyms: Fibrous Waxcap, Trockener Saftling |
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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 |
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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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Ricky Rasquedo (United Kingdom) - 08 August 2011
Found in farm field, North Wales, August 2009.
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