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Hygrocybe konradii.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Chromgelber Saftling, Hygrophore doré
Hygrocybe konradii Mushroom
Ref No: 7959
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
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 on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Hygrocybe konradii Haller syn. Hygrophorus konradii (Haller) Orton syn. H. obrusseus (Fr.) Fr. (of some authors) Chromgelber Saftling Hygrophore doré. Cap 2–6cm across, conical and irregularly lobed with a prominent umbo, chrome yellow with richer colour at margin and sometimes at umbo. Stem 30–80 x 7–10mm, chrome yellow, white at stem base. Flesh white. Smell not distinctive. Gills pale yellow, deepening with age. Spore print white. Spores ovoid, 9–11 x 6.5–8um. Habitat in grassland. Season summer. Uncommon. Edibility unknown -avoid. Found In Europe.

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