Hygrocybe nigrescens (Quél.) Kühn. syn. H. pseudoconica Lange syn. Hygrophorus nigrescens (Quél.) Quél. Schwärzender Saftling. 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.