Golden Waxcap - Hygrocybe chlorophana group
Bright yellow caps that were very sticky. Caps were 2-3 cm in diameter and had lined margins. The gills were pale yellow and fairly distant. Stems were yellow, like the caps. One stem was completely split.
Habitat: These waxcaps were growing on the ground in a mixed forest. For a long time, waxcaps were considered to be saprobic on dead roots, but it is now considered likely that there is a mutualistic relationship between waxcaps and mosses.
Note: In Germany, Poland, and Switzerland, Hygrocybe chlorophana is of conservation concern, and appears on national red lists of threatened fungi.
''Hygrocybe chlorophana'' is a species of agaric in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of golden waxcap in the UK. The species has a largely north temperate distribution, occurring in grassland in Europe and in woodland in North America and northern Asia; it has also been reported from mountainous areas of southern Australia.
