blackening wax-cap
Hygrocybe nigrescens (Quél.) Kühner
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Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.
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Edibility
Edible (per source) Source: Wikipedia: Hygrocybe nigrescens
Classification from Wikipedia: Hygrocybe nigrescens. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
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Lookalikes
No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.
Season
When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
View season data as a table
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 1 |
| February | 0 |
| March | 0 |
| April | 0 |
| May | 0 |
| June | 0 |
| July | 2 |
| August | 6 |
| September | 2 |
| October | 1 |
| November | 5 |
| December | 0 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- California 5 records · Foraging rules
- Wyoming 5 records · Foraging rules
- Manitoba 1 records · Foraging rules
- Alaska 1 records · Foraging rules
- Florida 1 records · Foraging rules
- Wisconsin 1 records · Foraging rules
Identification traits
| Cap shape | conical |
|---|---|
| Underside (gills, pores or teeth) | gills |
| Ecology | mycorrhizal |
| Stem features | bare |
| Spore print color | white |
Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.
About
Hygrocybe nigrescens, commonly known as the blackening wax-cap, is a mushroom of the waxcap genus Hygrocybe. It is found in Europe and Africa. It has been treated as the variety nigrescens of Hygrocybe conica.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.
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