Chrysomphalina chrysophylla

Chrysomphalina chrysophylla is a species of mushroom with a north temperate distribution. Described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1821, it was placed in the genus Chrysomphalina by Swiss mycologist Heinz Clémençon in 1982.^[1]

Chrysomphalina chrysophylla
Chrysomphalina chrysophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hygrophoraceae
Genus:	Chrysomphalina
Species:	C. chrysophylla
Binomial name
Chrysomphalina chrysophylla (Fr.) Clémençon (1982)

The yellow caps are 1–5 centimetres (1⁄2–2 in) wide and the stems 1–4 cm (1⁄2–1+1⁄2 in) long. The spore print is yellowish. It may resemble C. aurantiaca or Gerronema strombodes.^[2]