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Citrine Waxcap

Hygrocybe citrinovirens

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Colour

Citrine Waxcap, Hygrocybe citrinovirens

How to Identify Citrine Waxcap

CapPale lemon, sometimes green-tinged yellow, up to 10cm in diameter. Often splits as the fruit body matures. Quite dry in texture.
GillsWhite, turning pale yellow with age. Widely spaced.
StemSimilar in colour to the cap, sometimes fibrous in texture.
SporesWhite

 

Citrine Waxcap, Hygrocybe citrinovirens

Where to find them?

Find these distinctive waxcaps in low-nutrient grassland habitats – they are equally at home in upland sheep-grazed pastures as they are in urban cemeteries with mown grass.

Don’t mistake it with

There are several other species of yellow waxcaps in the UK – keep an eye out for the light yellow or almost green tinge of this species.

Things you might not know

The Latin name “citrinovirens” comes from “citrinus” meaning lemon yellow, and “virens”, meaning green!

These are both good descriptions of the colour of this waxcap species.

Other species

Unfortunately we don’t have a page on that species yet, but we’re always adding new species of plants, fungi and lichens, so make sure to check back again soon! In the meantime, why not explore some of the other species we have?