Hygrocybe flavescens
Golden Waxy Cap
Family Hygrophoraceae
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Potentially Edible
Bright orange-yellow cap with yellow gills and orange-yellow stalk with a white base. Slimy.
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Description
Cap: 2.5-7 cm (1-2 ¾") wide. Broadly convex, with incurved margin, becoming flat or sunken in center. Margin lined. First sticky then dry and shiny. Orange to yellow.
Gills: Attached, close to nearly
distant. Broad, thick but gets thinner towards edge. Waxy and yellowish.
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Cap and Stalk
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Gills
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Stalk: 5-7.5 cm (2-3") long and 0.5-1.5 cm (1/4-5/8") thick. Often compressed, smooth and moist. Yellow to orange with whitish base.
Spore print: White.
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Habitat and Range
Scattered to numerous. On soil and humus in deciduous and mixed woods. Often in wet, mossy areas. East North America to Michigan, Texas and West Coast.
Season
June-November.
Comments:
Also known as Hygrophorus flavescens.
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