Taxonomy
Hygrocybe sp 6
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