Hygrocybe marchii    (Bres.) Moeller 



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

synonyms: Hygrophorus marchii 

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Hygrocybe marchii toxicity of Hygrocybe marchii genus Hygrocybe  

The cap is scarlet orange, sometimes ochraceous.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3 cm (between 2 and 4.5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 3.5 cm (between 2 and 6 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 5 mm (between 2 and 10 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


Hygrocybe marchii is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



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