Meadow hygrophorus (Cuphophyllus pratensis)
- Diviziune: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdiviziunea: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Clasa: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclasa: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Comanda: Agaricales (Agaric sau Lamelar)
- Familia: Hygrophoraceae (Hygrophoraceae)
- Tija: Cuphophyllus
- Tip: Cuphophyllus pratensis (meadow hygrophorus)
Descriere externă
Golden yellow or pale brown fruiting body. At first, the cap is strongly convex, then flat-opening with a sharp thin edge and a central tubercle; pale orange or rusty in color. Thick, sparse, bodily plates descending on a cylindrical, tapering downward, smooth, pale stalk 5-12 mm thick and 4-8 cm long. Ellipsoid, smooth, colorless spores, 5-7 x 4-5 microns.
Comestibilitate
Comestibil.
Habitat
Often found in grasses in moderately wet or dry meadows, pastures, rarely in grassy light forests.
Sezon
Sfârșitul verii – toamna.
Specii asemanatoare
It is similar to the edible Colemann hygrophore, which has whitish plates, a reddish-brown cap and grows in swampy and wet meadows.