Hygrocybe insipida    (J.E. Lange) Moser 

common name(s) : Spangle Waxcap 

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

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Hygrocybe insipida toxicity of Hygrocybe insipida genus Hygrocybe  

The cap is red with a yellow margin.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are .
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3 cm (between 2 and 4 cm)
  height of stem approximately 4 cm (between 3 and 5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 4 mm (between 2 and 5 mm)


Hygrocybe insipida is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Hygrocybe insipida in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Hygrocybe insipida in the forest of Rambouillet



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