Hygrocybe psittacina    (Schaeff.:Fr.) P. Kumm. 

common name(s) : Parrot Waxcap 

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

synonyms: Gliophorus psittacinus, Hygrophorus psittacinus, Hygrocybe psittacina-psittacina 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Hygrocybe psittacinus, Gliophorus psittacinus)  

edibility : discard

photo gallery of Hygrocybe psittacina
photo gallery of Hygrocybe psittacina potential confusions with Hygrocybe psittacina toxicity of Hygrocybe psittacina genus Hygrocybe  

The cap is green then yellow then orange, with a central umbo. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky.

The stem is greenish yellow, without ring.

The flesh is white with green or yellow orange shades, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are yellow, adnate, distant . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3 cm (between 0.8 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 5 mm (between 2 and 10 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : very viscid, cap with striate margin; green and yellow colour, sometimes red or brown; in parks;

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



page updated on 14/01/18