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| synonyms: Schwärzender Saftling, Színváltó nedûgomba |
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| location: Europe |
| edibility: Edible |
| fungus colour: Yellow, Red or redish or pink, Black or blackish |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| 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 on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides
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Hygrocybe nigrescens (Quél.) Kühn. syn. H. pseudoconica Lange syn. Hygrophorus nigrescens (Quél.) Quél. Schwärzender Saftling, Igroforo nereggiante, Zwartwordende, Színváltó nedûgomba. Cap 3.5–5.5cm across, bell-shaped or broadly conical often irregularly lobed, orange or scarlet blackening with age. Stem 30–70 x 6–10mm, yellow flushed scarlet with white base, becoming streaked black. Flesh yellowish in the cap, white in the stem, blackening on exposure to air. Taste mild, smell not distinctive. Gills adnexed or free, pale yellow. Spore print white. Spores ellipsoid, 8–11 x 5–6um. Basidia four-spored. Habitat amongst grass in fields or woods. Season autumn. Occasional. 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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Jo Priestnall (United Kingdom) - 26 June 2011
Found Oct 08 in Welwyn Garden City
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 17 November 2010
Hungarian name, Feketedö nedügomba
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Jeff Hatt (United Kingdom) - 14 September 2010
Fully blackened specimen of Hygrocybe nigrescens.
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Jeff Hatt (United Kingdom) - 14 September 2010
Partially blackened specimen of Hygrocybe nigrescens.
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