Meadow Wax Cap
Hygrocybe pratensis var. pratensis
Description
Cap convex to flattened, Ø 2-6 cm, often with depressed centre, smooth, dry, apricot to brown-orange.
Gills broad, decurrent, creamy orange.
Stem 3-6 cm x 6-12 mm, smooth, dry, whitish cream to creamy orange. Flesh creamy orange. Smell mushroomy.
Occurrence
In old, poor grasslands, grassy roadsides and along dykes on poor sand or clay.
Saprophyte.