Hygrocybe acutoconica
Systematics:- Department: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Hygrophoraceae (Hygrophoric)
- Genus: Hygrocybe (Hygrocybe)
- Species: Hygrocybe acutoconica
Synonyms:
- Hygrocybe persisting
- Hygrocybe persistens
External description
Pointed conical cap, becoming broadly conical with age, up to 7 cm in diameter, mucous, fibrous, fine fleshy, with a sharp tubercle. Light yellow plates. Yellow-orange or yellow cap. Inexpressive taste and smell. A hollow mucous leg with a diameter of up to 1 cm and a high one up to 12 cm. White spore powder.
Edibility
The mushroom contains poisonous substances.
Habitat
It grows in pastures, meadows, in various types of forests.
Season
Summer autumn.
Similar species
It is similar to other types of hygrocybe, which have brightly colored caps.