Hygrocybe oak (Hygrocybe quieta)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Hygrophoraceae (Hygrophoraceae)
- Genus: Hygrocybe
- Type: Hygrocybe quieta (Hygrocybe oak)
External Description
Initially conical, the cap becomes conically open, 3-5 cm in diameter, slimy in wet weather. Yellow-orange. Rare plates with a yellow-orange tint. Yellowish fleshy flesh with an inexpressive smell and taste. Cylindrical, sometimes curved, smooth twisted, hollow leg 0,5-1 cm in diameter and 2-6 cm high. Yellow-orange, sometimes with whitish spots. White spore powder.
Edibility
It has no special nutritional value, not poisonous.
Habitat
It grows in mixed and deciduous forests, often near oaks.
Season
Autumn.
Similar species
Similar to other hygrocybes of similar colors.