Meadow hygrophorus (Cuphophyllus pratensis)

Systematics:
  • Vaega: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
  • Vaevaega: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
  • Vasega: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
  • Vasega laiti: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
  • Poloaiga: Agaricales (Agaric poʻo Lamellar)
  • Aiga: Hygrophoraceae (Hygrophoraceae)
  • Tootoo: Cuphophyllus
  • ituaiga: Cuphophyllus pratensis (meadow hygrophorus)

Meadow hygrophorus (Cuphophyllus pratensis) ata ma faʻamatalaga

Fa'amatalaga i fafo

Golden yellow or pale brown fruiting body. At first, the cap is strongly convex, then flat-opening with a sharp thin edge and a central tubercle; pale orange or rusty in color. Thick, sparse, bodily plates descending on a cylindrical, tapering downward, smooth, pale stalk 5-12 mm thick and 4-8 cm long. Ellipsoid, smooth, colorless spores, 5-7 x 4-5 microns.

Mea'ai

'aina.

Nofoaga

Often found in grasses in moderately wet or dry meadows, pastures, rarely in grassy light forests.

tau

Fa'ai'uga o le taumafanafana - autumn.

Ituaiga tutusa

It is similar to the edible Colemann hygrophore, which has whitish plates, a reddish-brown cap and grows in swampy and wet meadows.

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