Hygrocybe miniata (Fr.) P. Kumm. |
The cap is scarlet red then orange red, convex then eventually depressed; its margin is smooth to wavy. The cap surface is downy to rough, then scaly-scurfy with age, dry, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is reddish orange, concolorous with cap, without ring. The flesh is whitish-yellow to red or orange, unchanging; its taste is mild, not distinctive; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous. The gills are orange to reddish, with their edge paler, adnate to slightly emarginate, distant . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in meadows, lawns, heathland, sometimes in woods or wood edges, on a rather acid soil. The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : orange to bright red cap and stem; cap surface dry, downy, then scurfy-scaly; odourless; on acid soils, in the grass of lawns or meadows Hygrocybe miniata is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking . | ||
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