Hygrocybe acutoconica
Lilloa 22: 153. 1951.
Common Name: none
Synonyms: Mycena acutoconica Clem.; Hygrophorus acutoconicus (Clem.) A.H. Sm.; Hygrocybe persistens (Britzelm.) Singer;
For description see Hesler & Smith.
Solitary to scattered to gregarious in duff, particularly under redwood and in California bay laurel; common fall to mid-winter.
Unknown.
Hygrocybe acutoconica can be distinguished by its reddish orange to yellow, conical, viscid cap, pallid to pale yellow gills, and lack of black staining. Hygrocybe flavescens can have a yellowish cap, but not conical and umbonate.
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