Hygrocybe laeta    (Pers.:Fr.) P. Kumm. 

common name(s) : Heath Waxcap 

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

synonyms: Hygrophorus laetus, Hygrophorus houghtonii 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Gliophorus laetus)  

edibility : edible, good

potential confusions with Hygrocybe laeta toxicity of Hygrocybe laeta genus Hygrocybe  

The cap is variable in colour: olive-brown, orange, tawny-brown.

its texture is fibrous.

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

The fruiting period takes place from September to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2.5 cm (between 1 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 3 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 4 mm (between 2 and 5 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


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



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