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Hygrocybe lepida is an agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. The species occurs in Europe and was previously referred to the American Hygrocybe cantharellus but is now known to be distinct. Its recommended English name (as H. cantharellus) is goblet waxcap. The species is typically found in nutrient-poor waxcap grassland.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Goblet Waxcap being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hygrocybe coccineocrenata
- Hygrocybe cantharellus
- Hygrocybe substrangulata
- Hygrocybe insipida
- Hygrocybe helobia
- Hygrocybe mucronella
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Hygrophoraceae
- Genus
- Hygrocybe
- Species
- Hygrocybe lepida
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