Golden Waxcap
Hygrocybe flavescens (Kauffman) Singer
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Found solitary or (more often) in groups on ground, often in thick leaf litter in woods.

Description

Cap: Orange / yellow, viscid when fresh, smooth, conical to broadly conical (may be upturned in age); flesh thin yellowish. Gills yellow / white. Stalk: Yellow-orange, may be compressed / fluted. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)

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Hygrocybe flavescens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Hygrocybe
Species:
H. flavescens
Binomial name
Hygrocybe flavescens
(Kauff.) Singer
Synonyms

Hygrocybe chlorophana var. aurantiaca Bon

Hygrocybe flavescens
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is conical
Hymenium is adnexed
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is edible

Hygrocybe flavescens, commonly known as the golden waxy cap, is a species of Hygrocybe described from Michigan.[1] It is considered nonpoisonous to humans.[2] The species can be found in various forests and woodlands.[3]

The mushroom is yellow-orange.[3] Its cap ranges from 2.5 to 6 cm wide, and can be more orange in youth.[3] The stalk is 4 to 7 cm long, .5 to 1.5 cm wide.[4] The gills are more pale than the cap and stipe.[3] The spores are white, elliptical, smooth and inamyloid.[4] It has a mild taste and odor.[4]

Hygrocybe chlorophana is similar, noted in North America as having a more viscid stipe. This distinction is not made in Europe, indicating that they may be the same species.[3] It is considered edible, but undesirable. Mycologist David Arora describes it as "edible, but far from incredible".[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Hygrocybe flavescens in MycoWeb".
  2. ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
  3. ^ a b c d e Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
  4. ^ a b c Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
  5. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
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