Hygrocybe yellow-green (Hygrocybe dark-chlorine) (Hygrocybe chlorophana) photo and description

Hygrocybe yellow-green (Hygrocybe chlorophana)

This mushroom belongs to the hygrophoric family. It is very small, somewhat reminiscent of a magical fairy-tale mushroom, in many respects this is facilitated by its acid coloring, due to which it seems that the mushroom is illuminated from the inside. The mushroom can be used for food, but its taste is very low.

Hat size may vary. There are very small mushrooms with a cap up to 2 cm in circumference, and there are those in which the cap can reach 7 cm. At the beginning of their growth period hygrocybe yellow-green similar to a hemisphere, and during growth it acquires a more convex shape. Then, on the contrary, it changes almost to a flat one.

Sometimes you can find mushrooms that have a small tubercle inside the cap, and in other cases, on the contrary, there may be a small depression in the center. The cap usually has a very bright catchy color, mostly orange-yellow or lemon-yellow. On the surface, the mushroom is covered with a sticky base, the edges are usually slightly ribbed. The cap has the ability to increase in volume (hygrophan) due to the fact that a certain amount of liquid is retained inside the pulp.

If the pulp is lightly pressed, it can immediately break, because it has a very fragile structure. The flesh, as a rule, also has a yellow color of various shades (from bright to light). special taste hygrocybe yellow-green does not possess, there is also practically no smell, only a mushroom aroma is slightly felt. The plates of the fungus adhere to the stem, during maturation they are white, and as they grow they turn yellow or may become brighter (for example, yellow-orange).

Hygrocybe dark chloride sometimes has a very short leg (about 3 cm), and sometimes quite long (about 8 cm). The thickness of the leg is rarely more than 1 cm, so it is very fragile. It is usually moist and sticky on the outside, although the inside becomes hollow and dry with age. The color of the stem is always similar to the color of the hat or is lighter by several tones. There are no remains of bedspreads. A powdery coating is usually present near the plates, the spore powder is usually white in color. Spores are ellipsoid or ovoid in shape, they are colorless, 8×5 microns in size.

Hygrocybe dark-chlorine is less common than other types of hygrocybe. It is most widely distributed in Eurasia and North America, but even there it does not grow en masse. More often you can see single mushrooms, occasionally there are small groups. These mushrooms are very fond of growing on forest soils, they also prefer meadow grasses. Their growth season is very long – it starts in May and ends only in October.