Hygrocybe crimson (Hygrocybe punicea)
- Одељење: Басидиомицота (Басидиомицетес)
- Пододељење: Агарицомицотина (Агарицомицетес)
- Класа: Агарицомицетес (Агарицомицетес)
- Подкласа: Агарицомицетидае (Агарицомицетес)
- Редослед: Агарицалес (Агариц или Ламеллар)
- Породица: Хигропхорацеае (Хигропхорацеае)
- Род: Хигроцибе
- Тип: Hygrocybe punicea (Hygrocybe crimson)
A beautiful mushroom with a bright hat from the hygrophoric family. Refers to plate types.
Плодно тело су клобук и стабљика. глава conical shape, in young mushrooms in the form of a bell, at a later age – flat. All mushrooms have a small tubercle in the middle of the cap.
The surface is smooth, covered with a sticky layer, sometimes some specimens may have grooves. Diameter – up to 12 cm. Hat color – red, crimson, sometimes turning into orange.
Нога thick, hollow, may have grooves along its entire length.
Плоче under the hat are wide, have a fleshy structure, are poorly attached to the leg. At first, in young mushrooms, they have an ocher color, then they turn red.
Каша mushroom is very dense, has a specific pleasant smell.
Grows from early summer to late autumn. It is found everywhere, prefers open places, moist soils.
From other types of hygrocybe (cinnabar-red, intermediate and scarlet) it differs in larger sizes.
Edible, good taste. Connoisseurs consider crimson hygrocybe a delicious mushroom (recommended for frying, as well as for canning).