Hygrocybe minutula is a small, brightly colored fungus, typically found in grasslands and known for its striking appearance amid the greens. It prefers moist environments and often emerges after a rain. It's a part of a family known for a variety of colors and a waxy texture of their caps and gills.
Cap Diameter:
5 - 15 mm
Odor:
Mildly mushroomy, not distinctive.
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General Info About Hygrocybe minutula
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Attributes of Hygrocybe minutula
Cap Diameter
5 - 15 mm
Cap
5 - 15 mm broad; convex, then plane; scarlet, orange, fading to antimony yellow; hygrophanous, glabrous; margin striatulate when fresh
Gills
Adnate; close to subdistant, broad; orange buff to bittersweet orange
Stem
1.5 - 5 cm long, 1 - 3 mm thick; fragile, equal; red above, vellowish or whitish below, fading to yellow over all in age
