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Name : : Hygrocybe flavipes
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Grey to greyish-blue cap and gills with a white stipe
with a cream/yellow base.
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Stipe base is yellow in colour whereas the rest of the
stipe is white.
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Description : :
A medium sized grey to greyish-blue fungi with a white
stipe and yellow/cream stipe base. Dry stipe with decurrent
gills and a viscid cap.
Widespread across Europe usually found in unfertilised
grasslands or old lawns.
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Name : : Hygrocybe fornicata
Coloration : :
Pale grey to greyish-blue/brown fungi with white/cream
stipe and pale grey gills.
Smell/distinct feature(s) : :
Stipe often has orange/red (rusty) spots near
base.
Gill structure : :
Gills adnate or adnexed.
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Description : :
A medium sized fungi with a pale grey to greyish-blue/brown
cap, white/cream stipe and pale grey gills. Gills are
adnate or adnexed. Stipe dry and cap viscid to dry.
Found in small groups widespread throughout Europe,
often found in deciduous woods in rich soil or grasslands.
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Name : : Hygrocybe glutinipes var glutinipes
Coloration : :
Bright yellow convex cap with white/cream edges, narrow
hyaline stipe and yellow-cream gills.
Smell/distinct feature(s) : :
Stipe hyaline (translucent).
Gill structure : :
Gills adnate to sub-decurrent.
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Description : :
A small bright yellow fungi with a convex cap and
hyaline stipe. Stipe and cap viscid and yellow/cream
gills.
Found in small groups in grasslands or mossy ground.
Also seen in deciduous woods, lawns and scrubland. Know
in several European countries, however there is confusion
over descriptions and classifications.
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Name : : Hygrocybe glutinipes var rubra
Coloration : :
Reddish-orange cap with white/cream edges, red stipe
and pale red gills.
Smell/distinct feature(s) : :
Gill structure : :
Gills adnate to sub-decurrent.
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Description : :
Small to medium fungi with 'brick red' cap and stipe.
Pale adnate to sub-decurrent gills with white/cream
edges. Stipe and cap viscid.
Found in deciduous woods and grasslands in France,
Denmark and Norway. Appearing from early August to late
September.
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Name : : Hygrocybe helobia
Coloration : :
Bright reddish-orange cap and stipe with paler gills.
Smell/distinct feature(s) : :
Fungus scarlet red, squamules pointed with a faint smell
of garlic.
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Description : :
A small to medium reddish-orange fungus with dry cap
and stipe. Gills pointed and paler that rest of fruit
body with a faint smell of garlic.
Found in small groups on lawns and grasslands across
Europe. Often found in humid or moist areas between
grassland's and wetland's.
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