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Blackening waxcaps showing bright conical caps and progressive charcoal-black bruising - Blackening Waxcap | KnowTheSpore

Blackening Waxcap

Hygrocybe conica

Blackening waxcap begins as a bright pointed yellow, orange, or red mushroom and darkens gray-black after…

Inedible

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