Species details
Spangle waxcap
Hygrocybe insipida
Traditionally edible
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Description
A small yellow to orange-red waxcap with a characteristically vivid fiery-coloured stem.
Identification features
Cap 1–4.5 cm, yellow to orange-red or pink, waxy, hygrophanous and sticky. Gills are yellow to orange and partly decurrent. Stem is yellow-orange-red, whitish toward the base.
Identification checklist
Check the vivid fiery yellow-orange-red stem, sticky waxy cap and thicker yellow to orange gills.
Detailed features
- Cap
- Cap 1–4.5 cm, yellow to orange-red or pink, waxy, hygrophanous and sticky.
- Hymenophore
- The gills are yellow to orange and partly decurrent.
- Stem
- Stem is yellow-orange-red, whitish toward the base.
Size
- Cap diameter
- 1–4,5 cm
Habitat
Grows on unfertilised damp meadows, pastures and grassland, occasionally in deciduous woodland, from summer to late autumn.
Fruiting period
July, August, September, October, November
Ecology
- Substrate
- Grassland
- Soil
- Moist
- Notes
- Grows on unfertilised damp meadows, pastures and grassland, occasionally in deciduous woodland, from summer to late autumn.
How to separate similar species
Several red-yellow waxcaps are very similar; colour alone is insufficient. Atypical specimens require caution.