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(Hygrocybe punicea) (Fr.: Fr.) P. Kumm

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Hygrocybe punicea is the largest waxcap. It has a dark red and lubricous to vicid cap and a fibrillose stem, not hollow with white color inside.

Characteristics:

Cap	Gills	Stipe	Similar species
Large, fleshy up to  150mm Dark red, lubricous to vicid. Bellformed to applanate often with a broad umbo.	Distant, narrow adnate. Cinnamon buff to to brownish red. Yellowish edge.	Thick up to 150mm Dry, orange to reddish. Cylindrical with characteristic fibrillose surface. med kraftig og karakteristisk fibret overflate. White at end and inside, not hollow.	H. coccinea but it has adnate gills. H. splendidissima but it has a dry cap. None of those have a fibrillose stem like H. punicea.

Ecology/Indicatorvalue:

H. punicea is relatively common but often grown in areas of high natural value together with other rare grasslandfungi.

Fructification in Norway: From medio July to end of December, mainly in September/October.

Redlistcategory: Not listed

Other Nordic countries:

Sweden	Denmark	Finland
NT – near threatened	VU – vulnerable	Not listed

Distributionmap

References:

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

Northern Europe vol. 1 Svampetryk, Danmark.