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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