Hygrocybe flavescens

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.
Golden Waxy Caps (Hygrocybe flavescens) Growing on a moist, forested trail. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/106759/golden_waxy_caps_hygrocybe_flavescens.html https://www.jungledragon.com/image/106757/golden_waxy_caps_hygrocybe_flavescens.html Fall,Geotagged,Hygrocybe flavescens,United States

Appearance

Gills adnexed, close to nearly distant, broad; yellow, waxy. Stem 40-70 x 6- 14mm, hollow, fragile, often compressed or fluted, easily splits; yellowy orange with whitish base; smooth and moist. Flesh thin, waxy; yellowish. Odor pleasant. Taste not distinctive.

fungus colour: Orange
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground
Golden Waxy Cap (Hygrocybe flavescens) Growing in a flood plain in moist leaf litter/soil below oak, hickory, and tulip poplar trees. Or is this H. cholorophana? https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105330/golden_waxy_cap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105329/golden_waxy_caps_hygrocybe_flavescens.html Fall,Geotagged,Hygrocybe flavescens,United States

Naming

Hygrophorus flavescens
Yellow waxy cap Fall,Geotagged,Hygrocybe flavescens,United States

Distribution

Widely distributed in eastern North America, Pacific Northwest, and Texas
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. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64742/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64739/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64741/golden_waxcap_hygrocybe_flavescens.html Fall,Geotagged,Hygrocybe flavescens,United States

Habitat

scattered to gregarious on soil and humus in deciduous, coniferous, and mixed woods, particularly in damp, mossy areas

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyHygrophoraceae
GenusHygrocybe
SpeciesHygrocybe flavescens
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United States of America