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MushroomMAP:   486
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2530AD
Observer:   Loftie-Eaton Megan
Date of record:   2015-01-01
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Found in the pathway through the forest
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   351090
Species name:   Hygrocybe nigrescens
Common name:   Blackening wax gill -- verkoolwaslamel
Family:   Hygrophoraceae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MushroomMAP-486
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 486 - photo: 1
VM-number: 486 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andrew Kilian
Comment:  
Date:   2015-02-01 11:42:24
Species name:   Hygrocybe nigrescens -- Blackening wax gill; verkoolwaslamel
Species code:   351090
Comment number:   2
By:   Liz Popich
Comment:   Witch's Hat, Conical Wax Cap or Blackening Wax Cap, Hygrocybe nigrescens not in use anymore.
Date:   2016-10-29 16:44:32
Species name:   Hygrocybe conica
Species code:   353780

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