Hygrocybe crimson (Hygrocybe punicea)

Systematics:
  • Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
  • Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
  • Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
  • Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
  • Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
  • Family: Hygrophoraceae (Hygrophoraceae)
  • Genus: Hygrocybe
  • Type: Hygrocybe punicea (Hygrocybe crimson)

Hygrocybe crimson (Hygrocybe punicea) photo and description

A beautiful mushroom with a bright hat from the hygrophoric family. Refers to plate types.

The fruiting body is the cap and stem. head conical shape, in young mushrooms in the form of a bell, at a later age – flat. All mushrooms have a small tubercle in the middle of the cap.

The surface is smooth, covered with a sticky layer, sometimes some specimens may have grooves. Diameter – up to 12 cm. Hat color – red, crimson, sometimes turning into orange.

Leg thick, hollow, may have grooves along its entire length.

plates under the hat are wide, have a fleshy structure, are poorly attached to the leg. At first, in young mushrooms, they have an ocher color, then they turn red.

Pulp mushroom is very dense, has a specific pleasant smell.

Grows from early summer to late autumn. It is found everywhere, prefers open places, moist soils.

From other types of hygrocybe (cinnabar-red, intermediate and scarlet) it differs in larger sizes.

Edible, good taste. Connoisseurs consider crimson hygrocybe a delicious mushroom (recommended for frying, as well as for canning).

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