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(Hygrocybe chlorophana) (Fr.: Fr.) Wünche

 

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                    ©Per Fadnes

 

Hygrocybe chlorophana is a large beautiful yellow fungus and is one of the most common waxcaps in grasslands. It has greater tolerance for fertilization than most other waxcaps and can therefore also be found in areas that are fertilized.

Hygrocybe chlorophana belongs to the subgenus Hygrocybe. This group is characterized by regular trama cells, which means that the cells in the gills have a size of 200-1000 µm or more. This is a good microscopic feature that distinguishes golden waxcap from some other yellow waxcaps, like Hygrocybe ceracea.

 

 

Characteristics:

Cap

Gills

Stipe

Similar species

Medium size, yellow often orange, viscid.

Up to 70 mm Hemispherical later applanate.

Slightly translucently striate from the edge

Adnexed, curved, broad

White, later yellow (orange)

Whiter than cap.

Spores ovale, 7-9µm long.

Thick up to 80mm, cylindrical. Depressed with longitudinal  groove

H. acutoconica, but it has fibrillose stem

H. ceracea, but it has shorter cells in the gills and are more fragile.

 

 

Ecology/Indicatorvalue:

H. chlorophana is one of the most common waxcaps in grasslands, and grows on both poor and rich localities. It can tolerate some fertilizer, and has no indicator-value.

 

Fructification in Norway: From medio June til medio November, mainly in September.

 

 

 

Redlistcategory: Not listed

 

Distributionmap

 

References:

Boertmann, David. 2010, The genus Hygrocybe, 2nd revised edition. Fungi of

Northern Europe vol. 1 Svampetryk, Danmark.