Local name: No local name known

Edibility: Unknown

Habitat: Gregarious and terrestrial among mosses.

Description: Cap: 1-3 cm in diameter, variable in shape but more or less convex, convoluted with a smooth or slightly wrinkled surface, sticky or slimy when fresh, but sometimes drying out, the margin enrolled, buff brownish yellow or greenish yellow. Under side: Yellowish smooth and pale. Stem: 2-8 cm tall, up to 1 cm wide, smooth or finely roughened, more or less equal, sticky or slimy when fresh, con-colour to the cap or paler, hollow or filled with jelly. Flesh: Gelatinous when fresh. Spore Print: White.

Comments:  Beside texture, Leotia lubrica is characterized by a yellowish, viscid (when moist) cap with an enrolled margin. The stem is con-colours with the cap but usually brighter, and is finely scaled. Closely related are Leotia viscosa, which has an olive to dark-green cap and a yellowish to buff coloured stem.