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Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe flavescens) Habitat: Growing in leaf debris at the base of a ridge in a dense mixed hardwood/pine forest. Northwest Georgia.<br /> <br /> Gills: white to pale yellow, notched.<br /> <br /> Stipe: yellow, somewhat translucent.<br /> <br /> Cap: bright (neon) yellow, slick (slightly sticky/moist).<br /> <br /> Spore print: white.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64742/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html" title="Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe flavescens)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/64742_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=hM%2BQi7s%2B5prtE5MSUw8WgOkQT40%3D" width="200" height="200" alt="Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe flavescens) Habitat: Growing in leaf debris at the base of a ridge in a dense mixed hardwood/pine forest. Northwest Georgia.<br /> <br /> Gills: white to pale yellow, notched.<br /> <br /> Stipe: yellow, somewhat translucent.<br /> <br /> Cap: bright (neon) yellow, slick (slightly sticky/moist).<br /> <br /> Spore print: white.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64739/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64740/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64741/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html Fall,Geotagged,Hygrocybe flavescens,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64740/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html" title="Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe flavescens)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/64740_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=FV%2BGepKxJklrIFLORqZlWMbnU10%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe flavescens) Habitat: Growing in leaf debris at the base of a ridge in a dense mixed hardwood/pine forest. Northwest Georgia.<br /> <br /> Gills: white to pale yellow, notched.<br /> <br /> Stipe: yellow, somewhat translucent.<br /> <br /> Cap: bright (neon) yellow, slick (slightly sticky/moist).<br /> <br /> Spore print: white.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64742/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64739/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64741/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html Fall,Geotagged,Hygrocybe flavescens,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64741/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html" title="Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe flavescens)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/64741_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=rdrp1B1sBKhGi8UDzvLY%2BhcNMbk%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe flavescens) Habitat: Growing in leaf debris at the base of a ridge in a dense mixed hardwood/pine forest. Northwest Georgia.<br /> <br /> Gills: white to pale yellow, notched.<br /> <br /> Stipe: yellow, somewhat translucent.<br /> <br /> Cap: bright (neon) yellow, slick (slightly sticky/moist).<br /> <br /> Spore print: white.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64742/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64740/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64739/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html Fall,Geotagged,Hygrocybe flavescens,United States" /></a></figure> Fall,Geotagged,Hygrocybe flavescens,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe flavescens)

Habitat: Growing in leaf debris at the base of a ridge in a dense mixed hardwood/pine forest. Northwest Georgia.

Gills: white to pale yellow, notched.

Stipe: yellow, somewhat translucent.

Cap: bright (neon) yellow, slick (slightly sticky/moist).

Spore print: white.

Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe flavescens) Habitat: Growing in leaf debris at the base of a ridge in a dense mixed hardwood/pine forest. Northwest Georgia.<br /> <br /> Gills: white to pale yellow, notched.<br /> <br /> Stipe: yellow, somewhat translucent.<br /> <br /> Cap: bright (neon) yellow, slick (slightly sticky/moist).<br /> <br /> Spore print: white.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64739/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64740/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64741/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html Fall,Geotagged,Hygrocybe flavescens,United States

Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe flavescens) Habitat: Growing in leaf debris at the base of a ridge in a dense mixed hardwood/pine forest. Northwest Georgia.<br /> <br /> Gills: white to pale yellow, notched.<br /> <br /> Stipe: yellow, somewhat translucent.<br /> <br /> Cap: bright (neon) yellow, slick (slightly sticky/moist).<br /> <br /> Spore print: white.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64742/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64739/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64741/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html Fall,Geotagged,Hygrocybe flavescens,United States

Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe flavescens) Habitat: Growing in leaf debris at the base of a ridge in a dense mixed hardwood/pine forest. Northwest Georgia.<br /> <br /> Gills: white to pale yellow, notched.<br /> <br /> Stipe: yellow, somewhat translucent.<br /> <br /> Cap: bright (neon) yellow, slick (slightly sticky/moist).<br /> <br /> Spore print: white.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64742/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64740/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64739/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html Fall,Geotagged,Hygrocybe flavescens,United States

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The Hygrocybe flavescens

Hygrophorus flavescens (Kauffman) Smith & Hesler syn. Cap 2.5-7cm across, broadly convex becoming flatter in age, sometimes with a depressed disc; margin incurved at first, sometimes upturned and wavy in mature specimens; bright orange, paler toward margin; sticky, smooth, then dry and shiny, margin striate when moist.

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Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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Uploaded Aug 10, 2018. Captured Nov 14, 2017 16:43 in 381 Dally Cove Rd, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.
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  • Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
  • f/4.5
  • 1/160s
  • ISO400
  • 60mm
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