Hygrophorus parrot (Gliophorus psittacinus)
- Karolo: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Karohano: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Sehlopha: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Sehlopha-potlana: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Taelo: Agaricales (Agaric kapa Lamellar)
- Lelapa: Hygrophoraceae (Hygrophoraceae)
- Mofuta: Gliophorus (Gliophorus)
- Type: Gliophorus psittacinus (Hygrophorus parrot (Hygrophorus motley))
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Katiba: at first the cap has a bell-shaped shape, then it becomes prostrate, keeping a flattened wide tubercle in the center. The cap is ribbed along the edge. The peel is shiny, smooth due to the gelatinous sticky surface. The color of the cap changes from green to bright yellow. 4-5 cm in diameter. With age, the dark green color of the fungus acquires a variety of shades of yellow and pinkish. It is for this ability that the mushroom is popularly called the parrot mushroom or the motley mushroom.
Leoto: cylindrical leg, thin, fragile. Inside the leg is hollow, covered with mucus, like a hat. The leg has a yellowish color with a green tint.
Litlaleho: not frequent, wide. The plates are yellow with a hint of green.
Bola: fibrous, brittle. Smells like humus or earth. Virtually no taste. The white flesh is covered with spots of green or yellow.
Ho jaleha: Found in meadows and forest clearings. Grows in large groups. Prefers mountainous areas and sunny edges. Fruiting: summer and autumn.
Ho tšoana: The hygrophorus parrot (Gliophorus psittacinus) due to its bright color is difficult to confuse with other types of mushrooms. But, nevertheless, this mushroom can be mistaken for an inedible dark-chlorine hygrocybe, which has a lemon-green color of the cap and pale yellow plates.
Ho ka khoneha: the mushroom is eaten, but has no nutritional value.
Spore Powder: white. Spores ellipsoid or ovoid.