Bright blue fungi for ID please

[BarbaraEmma]

I'm sorry to bother you clever people again . I found these today near mixed woodland but on pasture land.I first noticed the stem which had already been broken off and was unmissable lying on the grass,it looked just like a candle off a birthday cake ,nearby I found the cap of the fungi along with 1 other smaller but still intact.I've never seen one so brightly coloured before,it seems very sticky to touch but I didn't notice any distinctive smell.Barbara

[SheffieldLass]

Perhaps a blue Hygrocybe psittacina. They do come in blue shades.

[BarbaraEmma]

The only one I could come up with myself was Blue Roundhead Stropharia Caerulea, but I really don't know .The Parrot Waxcap does seem to come in different colours ,so it could be that ,thanks for the suggestion.Barbara

[BarbaraEmma]

I've just been looking at an Entoloma sp. web page and now I'm wondering if that could be what I've found.Barbara

[flaxton]

I vote for H psittacina.

Mal

[BarbaraEmma]

Thanks for your help with the ID ,I'm going to call it Hygrocybe Psittacina.Looking at photos on the Web, it's absolutely the most blue Parrot Waxcap I've been able to find .I think it's beautiful. Barbara

[Ken Burgess]

Yes this is Hygrocybe psittacina. The lilac tone at the tip of the cap is a more usual colour variant. I've never seen it is this particular shade of blue myself. It's quite wonderful.

Ken