Hygrocybe calyptriformis (Berk.) Fayod

Fruitbody: cap is conical, up to 5 cm high and 8 cm wide, fibrous, with splitting margin, pink coloured. Gills are almost free, swollen in middle, pink. Stem is up to 13x1 cm, fragile, white, sometimes with pink reflection.

Microscopy: spores globose to ovoid, 7-9x5-6 μm.

Flesh: hygrophanous, whitish to pink, without distinct smell and taste.

Habitat: in grassland on calcareous terrains. Very rare.

Edibility: unknown.

Reference: Uzelac, B. (2009). Gljive Srbije i zapadnog Balkana, BGV Logik, Beograd.

Photo: Jacques Guinberteau