Hygrocybe ovina    (Bull.:Fr.) Kühner 

common name(s) : Blushing Waxcap 

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

synonyms: Hygrophorus ovinus, Camarophyllus ovinus 

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Hygrocybe ovina toxicity of Hygrocybe ovina genus Hygrocybe  

The cap is sepia-brown to blackish, reddening.

its texture is fibrous.

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

The fruiting period takes place from August to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 7 cm (between 2 and 12 cm)
  height of stem approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 20 mm (between 6 and 30 mm)


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



page updated on 14/01/18