Mushrooms Hygrocybe cinnabar-red

Cap very small, fragile and fleshy, at first hemispherical, then convex, flat and even embedded in the center, with a small hump and bent edges . The skin matte, with a light touch . Leg cylindrical, thin, fragile, narrowed down and even slightly curved . Plates rare,broad and fleshy, slightly downward to the leg . Pulp little, it watery, almost odorless and tasteless . spores white, smooth, in the form of short ellipses size 8 - 11 x 5 - 6 pm . Variability Bright red hat sometimes framed by a yellow rim . The plates can be yellow, orange or red with a light yellow edge . Habitat The fungus grows in small groups on wet meadows, near the marshes or in wet meadows, in the hilly and mountainous terrain . SEASON Summer - Fall (June - November) . Similar species Hygrocybe cinnabar red is very similar to edible Hygrocybe swamp (Hygrocybe helobia), which is mainly characterized by white-yellowish plates in his youth andgrows in bogs and peatlands . SYNONYMS Hygrophorus miniatus (Fr . ) Fr . GENERAL INFORMATION head diameter of 1 - 2 cm; red color Leg height of 3 - 6 cm, a thickness of 2 - 3 mm; red color plate orange-red reddish pulp no odor no taste disputes white inedible food quality