Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae: Hygrocybe cuspidata (Peck) Murrill

Hygrocybe cuspidata – Candy Apple Waxy Cap

Synonyms: Hydrocybe cuspidata, Hygrocybe acutoconica, Hygrocybe persistens, Hygrophorus acutoconicus, Hygrophorus cuspidatus.

Common name: Candy Apple Waxy Cap.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Red waxcap mushrooms Hygrocybe cuspidata in muddy area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 7, 2018
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Red waxcap mushrooms Hygrocybe cuspidata in muddy area on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 7, 2018
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Orange waxcap mushrooms Hygrocybe cuspidata in a low-lying area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Side view of orange waxcap mushrooms Hygrocybe cuspidata in a low-lying area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 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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Acknowledgements

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