Hygrocybe ceracea    (Fr.:Fr.) P. Kumm. 

common name(s) : Butter Waxcap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Hygrophoraceae [sub-genus:Pseudohygrocybe section:Pseudohygrocybe sub-section:Subvitellinae]  

synonyms: Hygrophorus ceraceus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Hygrocybe parvula, Hygrocybe subceracea, Hygrocybe subvitellina)  

edibility : discard

potential confusions with Hygrocybe ceracea toxicity of Hygrocybe ceracea genus Hygrocybe  

The cap is yellow to yellow-orange; its margin is striate when moist. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky.

The stem is yellow, without ring.

The flesh is yellow, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white to yellow, adnate to decurrent, distant . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from August to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2.5 cm (between 0.5 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 3.5 cm (between 1 and 5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 1 and 5 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : small and yellow, non viscous stem

Hygrocybe ceracea is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .



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