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Cuphophyllus pratensis.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Élénkszínű nyirokgomba, réti nyirokgomba, Hygrocybe pratensis, Hygrophore des prés, Hygrophorus pratensis, Meadow Waxcap, Wiesen Saftling
Hygrocybe pratensis2 Mushroom
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Hygrocybe pratensis Mushroom
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Hygrophorus pratensis Mushroom
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Orange
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Cuphophyllus pratensis (Pers:Fr) Bon. syn Hygrocybe pratensis (Pers. ex Fr.) Fr. syn. Hygrophorus pratensis Fr., Camarophyllus pratensis (Pers. ex Fr.) Kummer. Wiesen Saftling Élénkszínű nyirokgomba Hygrophore des prés Meadow Waxcap. Cap 3–8cm across, convex then flattened with broad umbo, becoming distorted and often cracking with age, ochraceous or tawny-buff. Stem 20–50 x 10–15mm, paler than cap, tapering towards the base. Flesh thick at centre of cap, pale buff. Taste pleasant, smell mushroomy. Gills deeply decurrent, widely spaced, pale buff. Spore print white. Spores broadly ovoid to subglobose, 5–7 x 4.5–5m. Habitat in pastureland. Season autumn. Frequent. Edible – good. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe. Note Bon has now placed this fungus in Cuphophyllus.

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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 27 November 2011

Hungarian name, élénkszinü nyirokgomba
Hygrophorus pratensis
Marjan Kustera (Yugoslavia) - 02 April 2011

Gygrocybe pratensis - Photo is taken 13.10.2009.South Serbia,Pcinja district,in a meadow 950 m above sea level.Author of photo Marjan Kustera.
Hygrophorus pratensis
Dave Millsop (United Kingdom) - 18 October 2010

Found in NW Cumbria 17th Oct.
Hygrophorus pratensis
lee collins (United Kingdom) - 08 November 2009

Meadow Waxcap - hygrocybe pratensis
Hygrophorus pratensis
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