Hygrocybe mucronella is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of bitter waxcap. The species has a European distribution and typically occurs in grassland where it produces basidiocarps (fruit bodies) in the autumn. Threats to its habitat have resulted in the species being assessed as globally "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Bitter 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 insipida
- Hygrocybe reidii
- Hygrocybe lepida
- Hygrocybe calciphila
- Hygrocybe miniata
- Hygrocybe helobia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Hygrophoraceae
- Genus
- Hygrocybe
- Species
- Hygrocybe mucronella
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