Taxonomy

Hygrocybe sp 6 ined. Text Patrick Leonard 2019

Red List Status -


Description

Pileus: planoconvex; 20 - 25 mm diameter; glabrous, dry; orange; margin entire.

Stipe: cylindrical; 30- 45 × 3–4mm; glabrous; dry; orange.

Gills: adnexed to free; distant; white with an orange tint; lamellulae in two series.

Flesh: whitish with an orange tint.

Spore print: white.

Spores:

Notes: this Hygrocybe did not fit any of the species in Horak or Young. This could possibly be H. elegans, but the gill attachment is not decurrent. Microscopic details of this collection were not checked so it is not possible to reach a determination.

Patrick Leonard 2019

Geographical distribution