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

synonyms: Orangeroter Saftling
Hygrocybe strangulatus Mushroom
Ref No: 7984
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Hygrocybe strangulatus2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7985
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Yellow, Red or redish or pink, Orange
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Simple stem
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Hygrocybe strangulata Orton syn. Hygrophorus strangulatus Orton Orangeroter Saftling. Cap 0.5–3.5cm across, convex, margin wavy when expanded and the centre becoming depressed and scurfy scaly in older specimens, scarlet-orange with bright yellow striate margin, drying ochraceous. Stem 18–50 x 3–6mm, tapering downwards and often becoming compressed, concolorous with cap, paler towards the white base. Flesh orange. Taste and smell none. Gills adnate or slightly decurrent, pale yellow at first, later orange. Spore print white. Spores ellipsoid, constricted in some views, 7–9 x 4–5m. Habitat on sandy soil or heathland also in fields. Season autumn. Uncommon. Edibility unknown -avoid. Found In Europe.

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