(Cuphophyllus fornicatus) (Fr.) Lodge, Padamsee & Vizzini
(Hygrocybe
fornicata) (Fr.)
Singer
©Per Fadnes
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Cuphophyllus fornicatus is a medium-sized waxcap, which at first sight does not look like a waxcap. The gills can look like gills of a Tricholoma and therefore can be mixed with this genus. The cap is pale with grey to brownish colors and has been shown by DNA sequencing to consist of several closely relatesd species It should therefore be referred to as Cuphophyllus fornicatus (coll). |
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Cap |
Gills |
Stipe |
Similar species |
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Up to 80 mm. Dry and smooth, slightly greasy. Dark brown-grey to light-grey Conical to applanate often with broad umbo. |
Narrowly adnate, often emaginate. Less distant then other waxcaps. White to greyish. |
Up to 70 mm cylindrical to clavate, dry and fibrillose, often squamulose. |
Small to medium-sized Thricolomas. |
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Ecology/Indicatorvalue: C. fornicatus is not very common in SW-Norway, and is only found on a few localities. It has a very irregular fructification and does not come every year. It grows normally in calcareous grasslands together with many other seldom and redlisted species.
Fructification in Norway: From end of August to medio December, mainly in October. |
Redlistcategory: VU - vulnerable
Other Nordic countries:
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Sweden |
Denmark |
Finland |
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NT - near threatened |
VU – vulnerable |
NT - near threatened |
References:
David Boertmann.2010, The genus Hygrocybe, 2nd revised edition. Fungi
of
Northern Europe vol. 1 Svampetryk, Danmark.