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Name : : Hygrocybe turunda
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Orange-yellow cap with a darker orange-brown centre.
Pale yellow/cream gills.
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Gills decurrent.
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Description : :
Small orange-yellow fungi with a darker centre. Pale
yellow/cream decurrent gills and orange to yellow stipe.
Found in heath-like commons, acidic soils, grasslands
and dwarf scrub lands. common in the northern hemisphere.
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Name : : Hygrocybe viola
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Dark brown/reddish cap and stipe, with hints of violet.
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Cap < 5 mm's.
Gill structure : :
Gills adnate.
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Description : :
Very small fungi with a cap less than 5 mm's in diameter.
Reddish brown in colour with hints of violet. Cap and
stipe dry.
Found in several countries including, Belgium, England,
the Netherlands and Denmark.
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Name : : Hygrocybe virginea
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White cap, gills and stipe with hints of pink/cream.
Smell/distinct feature(s) : :
Gill structure : :
Decurrent gills.
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Description : :
A medium to large fungi with white cap, gills and stipe.
Decurrent gills, Stipe dry and cap viscid.
Found in unfertilised grasslands, laws, deciduous woods
and often at roadsides, widespread through out.
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Name : : Hygrocybe vittelina
Coloration : :
Bright yellow cap, gills and stipe. Fading to white
with age.
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Fades in colour from yellow to white with age.
Gill structure : :
Gills decurrent, with dry edges.
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Description : :
A small bright yellow fungi that fades to white with
age. Cap and stipe viscid with decurrent dry gills .
Distribution insufficiently known, very rare.
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Name : : Hygrocybe xanthochroa
Coloration : :
Light orange-yellow cap and gills with a paler hyaline
stipe. Turning white as they dry out.
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Viscid when young, drying out and changing colour with
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Description : :
Small light orange-yellow fungi with viscid cap and
stipe in early stages - drying out with age. Hyaline
paler stipe. Changing to white when drying out.
found in small groups in arctic or alpine regions.
Rare and little is known about its distribution.
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