Hygrocybe pratensis (Pers.:Fr.) Murrill
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common name(s) : Meadow Waxcap
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Hygrophoraceae
synonyms: Cuphophyllus pratensis, Camarophyllus pratensis, Hygrophorus pratensis, Hygrocybe pratensis-pratensis
(unconfirmed synonyms: Agaricus ficoides, Hygrophorus ficoides, Agaricus pratensis, Psalliota pratensis)
edibility : edible, good
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The cap is tawny-brown orange.
The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.
The stem is cream, without ring.
The flesh is cream to orange, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is pleasant;
its texture is fibrous.
The gills are cream to orange, decurrent, distant .
The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic.
It grows on the ground, on a rather calcareous soil.
The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: | width of cap approximately 6 cm (between 2 and 12 cm) |
| height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 10 cm) |
| thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 10 mm (between 3 and 15 mm) |
Chemical tests : none.
Distinctive features : top-shaped, gills paler than cap
Hygrocybe pratensis is rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Hygrocybe pratensis in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18