Hygrocybe persistens    (Britzelm.) Singer 

common name(s) : Persistent Waxcap 

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

synonyms: Hygrocybe langei, Hygrophorus langei, Hygrocybe persistens-persistens, Hygrocybe acutoconica, Hygrocybe aurantiolutescens, Hygrocybe constans, Hygrocybe crocea 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Hygrocybe persistens-langei, Hygrophorus conicus-persistens, Hygrocybe rickenii, Hygrophorus rickenii, Hygrocybe cuspidata, Hygrocybe pseudocuspidata, Hygrocybe persistens-cuspidata)  

edibility : poisonous

potential confusions with Hygrocybe persistens toxicity of Hygrocybe persistens genus Hygrocybe  

The cap is yellow. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky.

The stem is yellow to orange-yellow, without ring.

The flesh is yellow, unchanging; the odour is faint; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are pale yolk yellow, chrome yellow to orange yellow, free to adnate, distant . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 1 and 8 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 3 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 8 mm (between 3 and 12 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : entirely yellow; slimy cap and stem

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



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