Hygrocybe singeri

Hygrocybe singeri or witch's hat is a species of Hygrocybe from Northwestern California.[1] Hygrocybe singeri stains black when bruised.

Hygrocybe singeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Hygrocybe
Species:
H. singeri
Binomial name
Hygrocybe singeri
(Smith & Hesler) Singer
Synonyms

Hygrophorus singeri Smith & Hesler

Hygrocybe singeri
gills on hymenium
cap is conical
hymenium is adnexed
stipe is bare
spore print is white
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: unknown

The species is very similar to Hygrocybe conica, differing in its viscid stipe.[2]

References

  1. "Hygrocybe singeri in MycoBank".
  2. Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
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