Hygrocybe squamulosa

Hygrocybe squamulosa

Hygrocybe squamulosa is a fungus in the Hygrocybe genus.
Hygrocybe squamulosa Cap was reddish orange, dry, and depressed. The gills were attached to the stem, yellow, and had frequent short gills. The stipe was orange, dry (but a bit greasy), and had a white base. The cap was at least 40 mm in diameter. Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mixed forest. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69222/hygrocybe_squamulosa.html Geotagged,Hygrocybe squamulosa,Summer,United States

Appearance

Cap: 25-65 mm across; convex, becoming broadly convex, nearly flat, or shallowly depressed; dry or slightly tacky; innately, finely fibrillose at first, becoming minutely scaly; reddish orange to orange when young and fresh, fading to pale orange.

Gills: Broadly attached to the stem; distant or nearly so; thick; pale yellow at first, becoming orange; short-gills frequent.

Stem: 30-60 mm long; 4-10 mm thick; equal; dry; bald; pale orange to yellow, with a white base.

Flesh: Yellowish.
Hygrocybe squamulosa with Hypomyces Infection The entire mushroom was covered in velvety fuzz from a parasitic hypomyces infection. Habitat: Growing on the ground in an area of a mixed forest dominated by oak, birch, and eastern hemlock. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69144/hygrocybe_squamulosa_with_hypomyces_infection.html https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69143/hygrocybe_squamulosa_with_hypomyces_infection.html Geotagged,Hygrocybe squamulosa,Summer,United States,hypomyces,infected mushroom,mushroom

Naming

Synonyms:
Camarophyllus squamulosus (Ellis & Everh.) Murrill, 1916
Hygrophorus squamulosus Ellis & Everh., 1894
Hygrocybe squamulosa Cap was bright red, nearly flat, and dry. Gills were distant, thick, orange, and had frequent short gills. Stipe was dry, orange, and bald with a white base. Habitat: Growing on the ground in a deciduous forest. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64876/hygrocybe_squamulosa.html https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64874/hygrocybe_squamulosa.html Geotagged,Hygrocybe squamulosa,Summer,United States,fungus,mushroom,waxy cap

Distribution

North America

References:

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http://www.mushroomexpert.com/hygrocybe_squamulosa.html
http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/31be4d8557c2cb49e17a41464615f5bc
https://www.gbif.org/species/3345111
Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyHygrophoraceae
GenusHygrocybe
SpeciesHygrocybe squamulosa
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United States of America