Hygrocybe cantharellus    (Schwein.) Murrill 

common name(s) : Goblet Waxcap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Hygrophoraceae [sub-genus:Pseudohygrocybe section:Squamulosae sub-section:Squamulosineae]  

synonyms: Hygrophorus cantharellus, Hygrocybe lepida, Hygrocybe cantharella 

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Hygrocybe cantharellus toxicity of Hygrocybe cantharellus genus Hygrocybe  

The cap is scarlet orange, becoming yellower with age.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 0.5 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 3 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 1 and 5 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


Hygrocybe cantharellus is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .



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