Pratum hygrophorus (Cuphophyllus pratensis)

Systematica:
  • Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
  • Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
  • Classis: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
  • Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
  • Ordo: Agaricales (Agaric vel Lamellar)
  • Genus: Hygrophoraceae (Hygrophoraceae)
  • Rod: Cuphophyllus
  • Type: Cuphophyllus pratensis (pratum hygrophorus)

Pratum hygrophorus (Cuphophyllus pratensis) photo and description

Descriptio externa

Corpus fructiferum luteum vel pallide brunneum. pileo primo valde convexo, dein plano-acuto margine tenui et tuberculo centrali; pallide aurantiaco vel ferrugineo colore. Laminis crassis sparsis corpore cylindraceis descendentibus, deorsum attenuatis, glabris, pedicello 5—12 mm crasso et 4—8 cm longo. sporae ellipsoideae, glabrae, hyalinae, 5-7 x 4-5, microns.

Edibility

Edulis.

Habitat

Saepe in herbis in pratis modice humidis vel siccis, in pascuis, raro in silvis gramineis levibus inveniuntur.

Season

Finis aestatis - autumnus.

Similes species

Similis est hygrophore eduli Colemanni, quae laminis albicante, pileo rubro-brunneo, in palustribus et pratis humidis crescit.

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