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Hygrocybe conica is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. In the UK it has been given the recommended English name of blackening waxcap, [1] since all parts of the basidiocarp (fruit body) blacken with age. In North America it is commonly known as the witch's hat, conical wax cap or conical slimy cap.
Conocybe rugosa is a common and highly toxic species of mushroom that is widely distributed and especially common in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It grows in woodchips, flowerbeds and compost piles. [2] [3] It has been found in Europe, Asia and North America.
Measuring 3–10 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 8 – 3 + 7 ⁄ 8 in) in diameter, the greyish or brownish-grey cap [5] is initially bell-shaped, is furrowed, and later splits. The colour is more brownish in the centre of the cap, which later flattens before melting. The very crowded gills are free; they are whitish at first but rapidly turn black and ...
Xerocomellus zelleri, commonly known as Zeller's bolete, is an edible species of mushroom in the family Boletaceae.First described scientifically by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1912, the species has been juggled by various authors to several genera, including Boletus, Boletellus, and Xerocomus.
The mushroom is edible, although it may not be appealing to many due to its sliminess. [8] In China, a yak milk beverage is made with H. eburneus and yak milk, by lactic acid fermentation with Lactobacillus bulgaricus , Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus acidophilus as mixed starter.
Experts say the Amanita muscaria, a red and white psychoactive mushroom, earned its place in holiday decor through some surprising origins. (Photo: Getty Creative) (bbbrrn via Getty Images)
The species epithet comes from the Latin adjective "saetosus" or "setosus", meaning "coarsely hairy". That word in turn derives from "saeta" (or "seta"), a bristle. [6] This species was originally described in 1801 as Agaricus setosus by James Sowerby in his historic work "Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms".
The species name is the Latin adjective badia, meaning "chestnut brown". [19] The common name is likewise derived from the colour of the cap, likened to the coat of a bay horse . Alternate common names of a similar derivation include bay-brown bolete and bay-capped bolete, [ 20 ] and it is known as bolet bai in French. [ 21 ]