Description ⁵

CAP 1 1/2 to 5 inches broad, convex, slimy, ash gray or pale gray-brown; flesh soft, white. ODOR almond. TASTE mild. GILLS adnate, sometimes becoming slightly decurrent, white, becoming tinged grayish in age. STEM as long as the width of the cap or half again as long, up to an inch thick in large specimens, white, often tinged with gray in age. DV.

SIMILAR H. pustulatus

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/hygrophorus_agathosmus.html
http://www.svims.ca/council/Hygrop.htm

Summary ⁶

Hygrophorus agathosmus, commonly known as the gray almond waxy cap or the almond woodwax, is a species of fungus in the Hygrophoraceae family. It was first described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1815; Fries gave it its current name in 1838. A widespread species, it is distributed in the United States, Europe, Africa, and India, and can be found growing under spruce and pine in mixed forests. The fruit bodies are characterized by a light grayish...

Fontes e Créditos

1. (c) Christian Schwarz, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Christian Schwarz
2. (c) M. Goff, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), enviado por M. Goff
3. (c) kilasiak, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por kilasiak
4. (c) Alan Rockefeller, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), enviado por Alan Rockefeller
5. (c) W.Coyote, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)
6. Adaptado por W.Coyote de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrophorus_agathosmus

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