Hi Sundrop, The colours / colour changes and some waxiness showing in some of these photos make me think of Hygrocybe conica, which has white spores. At first the appearance of the top of the cap, and dark stains on the gills in photo #4 were sending me in a dark-spored Coprinus direction. So, if you are sure it is white spored, all things considered I'm going to guess some sort of Hygrocybe. What do you think folks? cheers frog
Thank you both. Yes, I am sure the spore print is white. Could it be Hygrocybe psittacina? Two days before I took the pictures I had seen other identical looking mushrooms but differently coloured, yellowish, greenish and pinkish. I didn't have time to take pictures then, I didn't expect they will change colour. When I looked for them two days later they were still there but rather brownish yellow. This tells me it could be Hygrocybe psittacina? On the other hand my mushrooms look rather taller and slimmer than most on the Net.
Hygrocybe psittacina would have to have been slimy when fresh. I bet Frog knows it better than me, but I am not sure the stem on H psittacina would turn blackish upon drying/handling like the one in your picture.
I wish I did know more about H. psittacina, such a very beautiful critter! I've only seen it once, so I don't have a sense of how variable it may or may not be. The one I saw was much stockier, and yes slimy greenish conical cap. I see Hygrocybe conica more often, though not regularly. In general I'm used to see it more stocky than your specimen but there has been variability there. Others in this genus I've run into have not displayed those colour changes, but there are always mushrooms one has not run into yet <grin>. You might find it interesting looking through the Key Council key http://www.svims.ca/council/Hygrop.htm cheers, frog
They were not any more slimy than mushrooms usually are. So, it is H. conica? Thanks Frog for the link. What a variety of colours and shapes! Very interesting (and confusing).
