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Hygrocybe ovina.
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| synonyms: Blushing Waxcap, Hygrophore des moutons, Hygrophorus ovinus, Schaf-Saftling |
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| location: North America, Europe | | edibility: Inedible | | fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown, 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 has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy) | | 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 ovina (Bull. ex Fr.) Kühn. syn. Hygrophorus ovinus (Bull. ex Fr.) Fr. Schaf-Saftling Hygrophore des moutons Blushing Waxcap. Cap 2–8cm across, conico-convex, irregularly expanding and often broadly umbonate, dark sepia with yellowish-brown margin when fresh, drying pale sepia. Stem 30–60 x 6–20mm, often compressed, dark grey-brown. Flesh grey-brown. Taste strong and unpleasant, smell nitrous, or occasionally none. Gills dark sepia, discolouring bright reddish on bruising, as do cap and stem. Spore print white. Spores broadly elliptic to ovoid, 7–9 x 5–6.5um. Habitat singly or in small tufts in grass. Season late summer. Rare. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe. |
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