Honey Waxcap

Hygrocybe reidii

"Hygrocybe reidii", commonly known as the honey waxcap, is a mushroom of the waxcap genus "Hygrocybe". It is found in Europe, and reported from eastern North America, although it is uncertain whether the North American population represents the same species.
Honey Waxcap - Hygrocybe reidii Height: ~ 30 mm. Bright, scarlet red, dry, conical cap with a slightly scalloped margin. Waxy, pale yellow, distant gills with short gills that were broadly attached to the stipe. The stipe was red, dry, bald, equal, and had a white base. The mushroom had a sweet scent - like honey. Growing out of fallen, rotting birch in a mostly deciduous forest. Geotagged,Hygrocybe reidii,Summer,United States,fungus,hygrocybe,mushroom,red,red mushroom,waxcap

Appearance

The fungus makes reddish-orange to reddish fruit bodies with dry, smooth caps. The flesh has an odour of honey, particularly when the tissue is rubbed, or when it is drying.
Honey Waxcap - Hygrocybe reidii Habitat: Mixed forest https://www.jungledragon.com/image/142800/honey_waxcap_-_hygrocybe_reidii.html Geotagged,Hygrocybe reidii,Summer,United States

Naming

It was published by Robert Kühner in 1976, with the specific epithet honouring British mycologist Derek Reid. It is based on a species originally published as "Hygrophorus marchii" by Giacomo Bresadola in 1928, but with an insufficiently precise description, which later led to conflicting interpretations about the species concept. In 1969, Reid gave a precise description of the fungus common in Europe, but Kühner had a different interpretation of "H. marchii", and gave a new name to Reid's concept of the species.

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyHygrophoraceae
GenusHygrocybe
SpeciesH. reidii
Photographed in
United States of America