Pink Waxcap
Porpolomopsis calyptriformis (Berk.) Bresinsky
Also called: Ballerina waxcap
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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: Porpolomopsis calyptriformis
Classification from Wikipedia: Porpolomopsis calyptriformis. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
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Photos
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Photo: Adam J. Searcy. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist) -
Photo: Alan Rockefeller. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
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 | 6 |
| February | 3 |
| March | 20 |
| April | 9 |
| May | 3 |
| June | 1 |
| July | 16 |
| August | 20 |
| September | 4 |
| October | 1 |
| November | 0 |
| 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 41 records · Foraging rules
- West Virginia 11 records · Foraging rules
- North Carolina 7 records · Foraging rules
- Tennessee 6 records · Foraging rules
- Quebec 4 records · Foraging rules
- New York 2 records · Foraging rules
- Ohio 1 records · Foraging rules
- Pennsylvania 1 records · Foraging rules
- Rhode Island 1 records · Foraging rules
- South Carolina 1 records · Foraging rules
- Georgia 1 records · Foraging rules
- Virginia 1 records · Foraging rules
- Colorado 1 records · Foraging rules
Identification traits
| Cap shape | conical |
|---|---|
| Underside (gills, pores or teeth) | gills |
| 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
Porpolomopsis calyptriformis, commonly known as the pink wax cap, ballerina waxcap or salmon waxy cap, is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. The species has a European distribution, occurring mainly in agriculturally unimproved grassland. Threats to its habitat have resulted in the species being assessed as globally "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. A similar but as yet unnamed species occurs in North America.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.
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