H. unguinosa (Fries) Karsten
has a smoky grey, very slimy cap and stem.
H. nitrata (Persoon) Wunsche
is as dull coloured as H. unguinosa, but is not slimy, and in addition strongly smells of cleaning fluid or bleaching-powder. It is one of three dull coloured, strong bleaching-powder-smelling species found in Britain. H. ovina is another, but is darker than H. nitrata and becomes red when bruised or cut.
Plate 27. Fleshy brightly coloured fungi: Spores white and borne on thick, waxy gills
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H. metapodia (Fries) Moser
has a sooty brown fibrillose-streaky cap and stem. The gills are distant and grey, and the fruit-body may reach up to 100 mm across. It is probably the biggest of our native species of Hygrocybe.
For completion examples of Hygrophorus include: