Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae: Hygrocybe chamaeleon (Cibula) D.P.Lewis & Ovrebo

Hygrocybe chamaeleon – Chameleon Waxcap

Synonym: Hygrophorus chamaeleon.

Common name: Chameleon Waxcap.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Gills of a waxcap mushroom Hygrocybe chamaeleon collected during a mushroom walk on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, June 8, 2019
5369 Farm to Market Rd 770, Kountze, TX 77625, USA

Waxcap mushroom Hygrocybe chamaeleon collected during a mushroom walk on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, June 8, 2019
5369 Farm to Market Rd 770, Kountze, TX 77625, USA

Waxcap mushrooms Hygrocybe chamaeleon(?) in grass in area of a pine forest cleaned by a recent burn on Lone Star Hiking Trail south from Stubblefield Campground in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery, Texas, September 13, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Cross section of waxcap mushrooms Hygrocybe chamaeleon(?) on Lone Star Hiking Trail south from Stubblefield Campground in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery, Texas, September 13, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.

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• List of mushrooms with photos.
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Acknowledgements

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