Witch's Hat

Hygrocybe conica

Description 7

CAP 1/2 to 4 inches broad, cone-shaped, smooth, slightly viscid but soon dry and smooth, silky and then not appearing viscid, scarlet or orange or yellow, sometimes with greenish tinges, soon blackening; flesh thin, fragile, same color as the surface. ODOR and TASTE not special. GILLS very narrowly attached (nearly free), broad, thick, pale yellow-orange or yellow with an olive tinge. STEM 2 to 8 inches long, 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick, fragile, satiny-shining, longitudinally streaked, red, orange, yellow, or with a greenish tinge. PL.

SIMILAR H. autoconica (does not blacken),
H. singeri (viscid stem)

Hygrophorus conicus is a SYNONYM.

http://www.svims.ca/council/Hygrop.htm
https://www.mushroomexpert.com/hygrocybe_conica.html

Summary 8

Hygrocybe conica, commonly known as the witch's hat, conical wax cap or conical slimy cap, is a colourful member of the genus Hygrocybe (the waxcaps), found across northern Europe and North America. Originally described as Hygrophorus conicus, it may be a complex of closely related and similar species.

Fontes e Créditos

  1. (c) Damon Tighe, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Damon Tighe
  2. (c) Sherry Nigro, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Sherry Nigro
  3. (c) Thea Chesney, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), enviado por Thea Chesney
  4. Sem direitos reservados, enviado por Scott Loarie
  5. (c) Bob Dodge, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), enviado por Bob Dodge
  6. (c) Christian Schwarz, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Christian Schwarz
  7. (c) W.Coyote, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)
  8. Adaptado por W.Coyote de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrocybe_conica

Mais informações

BioDiversity4All Mapa

Color orangish, redish, yellowish
Viscid cap
Habitat Forest
Tags conical cap, stains black