Hygrocybe calyptriformis    (Berk.) Fayod 

common name(s) : Pink Waxcap 

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

synonyms: Humidicutis calyptriformis, Hygrocybe calyptriformis-calyptriformis, Hygrophorus calyptraeformis, Hygrocybe calyptraeformis, Hygrophorus calyptriformis, Hygrocybe amoena ss.auct. 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Porpolomopsis calyptriformis, Hygrocybe calyptriformis-nivea)  

edibility : discard

potential confusions with Hygrocybe calyptriformis toxicity of Hygrocybe calyptriformis genus Hygrocybe  

The cap is pink, conical. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is white washed with pink, without ring.

The flesh is pink in the cap, white in the stem, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are pale pink, adnate, distant . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, on a rather calcareous soil.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 2.5 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 9 cm (between 5 and 13 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 9 mm (between 5 and 20 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : conical pink cap, radially cracked

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



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