Hygrocybe acute (Hygrocybe acutoconica)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Hygrophoraceae (Hygrophoraceae)
- Genus: Hygrocybe
- Type: Hygrocybe acutoconica (Hygrocybe acute)
- Hygrocybe persisting
- Persistent moisture
External Description
The cap is pointed, becoming broadly conical with age, up to 7 cm in diameter, slimy, fibrous, finely fleshy, with a sharp tubercle. Light yellow plates. Yellow-orange or yellow cap. Inexpressive taste and smell. Mucous hollow leg up to 1 cm in diameter and up to 12 cm high. White spore powder.
Edibility
The mushroom contains poisonous substances.
Habitat
Grows in pastures, meadows, forests of various types.
Season
Summer autumn.
Similar species
It is similar to other types of hygrocybe, which have brightly colored hats.