{"id":31977,"date":"2021-12-14T13:30:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T13:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/?p=31977"},"modified":"2023-06-27T14:21:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:21:29","slug":"parrot-waxcap-hygrocybe-gliophorus-psittacinus-identification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/12\/14\/parrot-waxcap-hygrocybe-gliophorus-psittacinus-identification\/","title":{"rendered":"Parrot Waxcap (Hygrocybe \/ Gliophorus psittacinus) &#8211; Identification"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Parrot Waxcap \/ Summer \/ Autumn \/ Winter \/ Inedible<\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-31977 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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id='gallery-1-32153'>\n\t\t\t\tThis image was created by user Chukchi (Chukchi) at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images.You can contact this user here.English\u00a0| espa\u00f1ol\u00a0| fran\u00e7ais\u00a0| italiano\u00a0| \u043c\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u00a0| \u0d2e\u0d32\u0d2f\u0d3e\u0d33\u0d02\u00a0| portugu\u00eas\u00a0| +\/\u2212, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/12\/14\/parrot-waxcap-hygrocybe-gliophorus-psittacinus-identification\/parrot-waxcap-big-group-with-all-features\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-big-group-with-all-features-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" 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\u0d2e\u0d32\u0d2f\u0d3e\u0d33\u0d02\u00a0| portugu\u00eas\u00a0| +\/\u2212, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/12\/14\/parrot-waxcap-hygrocybe-gliophorus-psittacinus-identification\/parrot-waxcap-cap-with-faded-background\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-with-faded-background-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-32155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-with-faded-background-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-with-faded-background-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-with-faded-background-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-with-faded-background.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-32155'>\n\t\t\t\tScott Darbey from Canada, CC BY 2.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/12\/14\/parrot-waxcap-hygrocybe-gliophorus-psittacinus-identification\/parrot-waxcap-pair\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-pair-213x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" 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class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/12\/14\/parrot-waxcap-hygrocybe-gliophorus-psittacinus-identification\/parrot-waxcap-cap-and-gills-in-grass\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-and-gills-in-grass-300x227.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-32157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-and-gills-in-grass-300x227.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-and-gills-in-grass-768x582.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-and-gills-in-grass-150x114.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-and-gills-in-grass.jpeg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-32157'>\n\t\t\t\tRosemary Winnall, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\r\n<p>The Parrot Waxcap is an amazing mushroom with great variation in colour! greens, blues and yellows can all be found on this particular mushroom!<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Scientific Name<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Hygrocybe \/ Gliophorus psittacinus<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Family<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Hygrophoraceae<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:image --><!-- \/wp:image -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading --><hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Habitat<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>In unimproved grassland like fields and pastures or graveyards also known to occur in damp open woods.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading --><hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Description<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>An amazing mushroom with great variation in colour! greens, blues and yellows can all be found on this particular mushroom! It is one of the slimy waxcaps and its quite uncommon and should be left alone if possible<\/p>\r\n<hr \/><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading -->\r\n<h2><strong>Identifying Features of the Parrot Waxcap:<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Cap:<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>The cap has green, yellow, blue, grey and brown colours although when young it will usually be a deep bottle green. The cap is slimy and flattens with age retaining an umbo or boss in the centre of the cap.<\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_32153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32153\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32153\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-small-cap-close-up-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-small-cap-close-up-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-small-cap-close-up-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-small-cap-close-up-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-small-cap-close-up.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This image was created by user Chukchi (Chukchi) at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images.You can contact this user here.English\u00a0| espa\u00f1ol\u00a0| fran\u00e7ais\u00a0| italiano\u00a0| \u043c\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u00a0| \u0d2e\u0d32\u0d2f\u0d3e\u0d33\u0d02\u00a0| portugu\u00eas\u00a0| +\/\u2212, CC BY-SA 3.0 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Stem: <\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Somewhere between green and yellow, usually more dark green\/blue towards the top and very slimy.<\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_32156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32156\" style=\"width: 213px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32156\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-pair-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-pair-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-pair-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-pair.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This image was created by user Sava Krstic (sava) at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images.You can contact this user here.English\u00a0| espa\u00f1ol\u00a0| fran\u00e7ais\u00a0| italiano\u00a0| \u043c\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u00a0| \u0d2e\u0d32\u0d2f\u0d3e\u0d33\u0d02\u00a0| portugu\u00eas\u00a0| +\/\u2212, CC BY-SA 3.0 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<hr \/><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<h2><strong>Gills:<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Mainly off white to yellow with some green colouring, thick and widely spaced. there are often what are called transverse gills which are small gills or veins that run across the underside of the veins.<\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_29470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29470\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29470\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/subdecurrent-gill-attachment-Mushroom.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/subdecurrent-gill-attachment-Mushroom.png 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/subdecurrent-gill-attachment-Mushroom-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/subdecurrent-gill-attachment-Mushroom-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">subdecurrent gill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_32157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32157\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32157\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-and-gills-in-grass-300x227.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-and-gills-in-grass-300x227.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-and-gills-in-grass-768x582.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-and-gills-in-grass-150x114.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/parrot-waxcap-cap-and-gills-in-grass.jpeg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosemary Winnall, CC BY-SA 2.5 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.5&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Smell:<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>A gentle mushroomy smell there is no other distinctive smell with this mushroom.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Spores:<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>White<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Uses<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>this is an inedible mushroom and has no medicinal benefits.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading --><hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>In food<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>this is an inedible mushroom and has no medicinal benefits.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading --><hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Harvesting<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>this is found from September to December. however this is inedible and is also quite rare due to habitat loss. It is best to leave this mushroom in situ.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading --><hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Known hazards<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>This is an inedible mushroom and has no medicinal benefits.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading --><hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Potential lookalikes<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>there is really nothing that looks like this mushroom it is very distinctive. So you shouldn&#8217;t mix this up with any other mushroom.<\/p>\r\n<p>Check out other <a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2023\/01\/06\/introduction-to-waxcap-mushrooms\/\">Waxcaps on our introduction to Waxcaps space<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parrot Waxcap \/ Summer \/ Autumn \/ Winter \/ Inedible The Parrot Waxcap is an amazing mushroom with great variation in colour! greens, blues and yellows can all be found on this particular mushroom! Scientific Name Hygrocybe \/ Gliophorus psittacinus Family Hygrophoraceae Habitat In unimproved grassland like fields and pastures&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":32157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,1778,1781,88,1777,1779],"tags":[239,718,719,715,706,238,664,122],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31977"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79282,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31977\/revisions\/79282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}