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| synonyms: Hygrophorus calyptraeformis, Pink Waxcap, Rosenroter Saftling |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Edible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Grey to beige |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Conical or nearly so |
| flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass), 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 calyptraeformis (B. & Br.) Fayod syn. Hygrophorus calyptraeformis (B. & Br.) Rosenroter Saftling Pink Waxcap. Cap 3–6cm across, acutely conical, expanding and splitting radially, dusky-pink when moist drying whitish-pink. Stem 60–120 x 8–10mm, white, sometimes flushed pink at apex, brittle, often splitting longitudinally. Flesh pink in cap, white in stem. Taste mild, smell not distinctive. Gills pale pink. Spore print white. Spores elliptic, 6–8 x 4.5–6um. Habitat amongst grass in pastures and heaths. Season autumn. Rare. Edible – not recommended. (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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irene and john palmer (United Kingdom) - 12 February 2010
Hygrocybe calyptraeformis collected at Downe in Kent in 1980 for Roger's book
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lee collins (United Kingdom) - 17 October 2009
Pink Waxcap
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