Parrot waxcap
Gliophorus psittacinus · 鹦鹉湿伞
Occasional蜡伞科❓ Edibility Unknown
Edibility is unknown and should be treated as poisonous.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Cap bright green when young, aging to yellow or orange, sticky surface
- Small, stem equally sticky, often tinged green
- Grows in old grassland and mossy ground
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 蜡伞科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Grassland
- How Big
- 1–4 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Occasional
- Habitat
- Old grassland and mossy ground
Easily Confused With
Blackening waxcapCap red-orange, conical, with a waxy sheen
Scarlet waxcapCap small and bright red, with a waxy sheen when wet
Flowerpot parasolParrot waxcap has a slimy, green-tinged cap and thick waxy gills; the flowerpot parasol is dry and powdery with a grooved margin.Fun Fact
It emerges bright green all over; as it matures, the cap top shifts to yellow, then orange, so a single mushroom can show three colors at once.
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