Hygrocybe conica

Hygrocybe conica
Hygrocybe conica, Netherlands
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hygrophoraceae
Genus:	Hygrocybe
Species:	H. conica
Binomial name
Hygrocybe conica (Schaeff.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Synonyms
List Agaricus conicus Schaeff. 1774 Agaricus tristis Pers. 1801 Godfrinia conica (Schaeff.) Maire 1902 Hygrocybe chloroides (Malençon) Kovalenko Hygrophorus conicus (Schaeff.) Fr. Hygrocybe conicopalustris R. Haller Aar

Hygrocybe conica Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is conical
	Hymenium is emarginate
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is white
	Edibility is unknown

Hygrocybe conica is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. In the UK it has been given the recommended English name of blackening waxcap,^[1] since all parts of the basidiocarp (fruit body) blacken with age. In North America it is commonly known as the witch's hat, conical wax cap or conical slimy cap. Hygrocybe conica is known to be a complex of at least eleven closely related species^[2] and as such is widespread in Europe, North America, Asia, and elsewhere.