Hygrocybe nigrescens (Quél.) Kühner is a fungus in the Hygrophoraceae family, order Agaricales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Hygrocybe nigrescens (Quél.) Kühner

Hygrocybe nigrescens (Quél.) Kühner

Hygrocybe nigrescens, the blackening wax-cap, is a waxcap mushroom found in Europe and Africa.

Genus
Hygrocybe
Order
Agaricales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Hygrocybe nigrescens (Quél.) Kühner

Hygrocybe nigrescens, commonly called the blackening wax-cap, is a mushroom species that belongs to the waxcap genus Hygrocybe. This species is distributed in Europe and Africa. It has previously been classified as the variety nigrescens of Hygrocybe conica.

Photo: (c) Cordula Bernert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Cordula Bernert · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Agaricales Hygrophoraceae Hygrocybe

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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