Commonly referred to as the Parrot Waxcap, this brightly
coloured fungus appears in summer and autumn on roadside verges, cropped
grassland and woodland clearings.
Cap
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Initially green, the bell-shaped cap expands
and turns yellow, sometimes with an orange tinge.
Cap diameter at maturity is 2 to 4 cm. |
Gills
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The thick, waxy gills are distant and have
adnate attachment to the stipe.
At first green near the stipe and yellow
towards the edge of the cap, as the fruitbody matures most of the green
colour in the gills fades. |
Stipe |
Slender and usually straight; green near the cap and yellow below; solid,
with pale flesh. 4 to 8 mm diameter and 4 to 6 cm tall. |
Spore print |
White. |
Odour/taste |
Not distinctive. |
Habitat |
Cropped grassland that has not been subject to artificial
fertiliser treatment for the past 30 years or more; also woodland clearings and shady roadside verges. |
Season |
August to November. |
Occurrence |
Frequent |
Similar species |
- Hygrocybe flavescens is an all-yellow wax cap of similar
size, but it does not have the initial green colouration and it has a
hollow stipe at maturity.
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