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Hygrophorus pudorinusPhoto: Mirek JunekBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Medium sized yellowish-orange agaric with viscid cap and stem when damp, when mature with salmon gills; in small trooping groups or rings on calcareous soil in coniferous forests with fir (Abies).Dimensions: Cap 5-12cm dia; stem 5-9cm tall x 1.0-2.5cm dia. Cap: Yellowish-orange or with pinkish tinges, more pallid towards the margin, hemispherical when young then convex becoming more flattened and obtusely umbonate, viscid in wet weather otherwise silky; flesh: white, orange-yellow beneath the cuticle. Gills: Whitish then salmon, broadly adnate or sub-decurrent. Stem: White or tinged cap colour, more or less equal; ring absent. |
Spores: Hyaline, smooth, ellipsoid, 9-11 x 4.6-6.0 µm. Basidia 4 spored; cystidia absent. Odour: Not Distinctive. Taste: Not Distinctive. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Autumn. |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.7: very rare species with restricted geographical range |
| Justification: the range has declined by more than 50% pre- and post-1960 |
| Threats: uncertain but probably including ground compaction, eutrophication, track maintenance, felling of putative host trees, overgrowth |
| Action Required: Survey and monitoring; protection against habitat loss and degradation, ecological assessment. |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records
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Total records: 10 |
| Earliest recording: 1891 | |
| Latest recording: 1998 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 11(1); 23(2); 63(2); 64(3); 34(1); 40(1) | |
| Pre-1960: 8 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 2 records |