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| synonyms: Hygrophore cochenille, Hygrophorus coccineus, Piros nedûgomba, Scarlet Waxcap, Scharlachroter Saftling |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Edible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| 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, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides
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Hygrocybe coccinea (Schaeff. ex Fr.) Kummer syn. Hygrophorus coccineus (Schaeff. ex Fr.) Fr. Scarlet Waxcap, Hygrophore cochenille, Scharlachroter Saftling, Igroforo Rosso, Scharlaken wasplaat, Piros nedûgomba. Cap 2–4cm across, bell-shaped, scarlet blood-red, slimy at first. Stem 20–50 x 3–10mm, concolorous with cap but yellow towards the base, often becoming compressed. Flesh yellow-red, hollow in stem. Taste and smell faint, not distinctive. Gills adnate with a decurrent tooth, yellow when young later blood red with yellowish edge. Spore print white. Spores ellipsoid to almond-shaped, often slightly constricted, 7–9.5 x 4–5um. Habitat amongst grass in fields. Season late summer to autumn. Occasional. 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. |
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lisa suits (United States) - 23 August 2013
I believe the first image
(Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 17 January 2011
Tomaszow mazowiecki.Poland)
is Hygrocybe conica...
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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 17 January 2011
Tomaszow mazowiecki.Poland
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lee collins (United Kingdom) - 27 April 2009
Hygrocybe coccinea
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