Hygrocybe conica    (Schaeff.:Fr.) P. Kumm. 

common name(s) : Blackening Waxcap, Conical Wax Cap 

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

synonyms: Hygrophorus conicus 

edibility : poisonous

photo gallery of Hygrocybe conica
photo gallery of Hygrocybe conica potential confusions with Hygrocybe conica toxicity of Hygrocybe conica genus Hygrocybe  

The cap is yellow or orange to black, with a central umbo. The cap surface is smooth, a bit viscid.

The stem is bright yellow to black, without ring.

The flesh is white to yellow, turning black when exposed to air; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white or pale yellow, turning black when touched or aged, free, distant . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from May to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 1 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 9.5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 7 mm (between 2 and 12 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : turning black when touched

Hygrocybe conica is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Hygrocybe conica in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Hygrocybe conica in the forest of Rambouillet



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