CAP 1.5-6 cm; convex when young, becoming broadly convex, broadly bell-shaped, or more or less flat; slimy when fresh; white when young and fresh, overlaid with yellow to golden or orange-yellow granules along the margin; becoming yellow overall with age; the margin at first inrolled. GILLS broadly attached to the stem or beginning to run down it; close or nearly distant; white; short-gills frequent. STEM 3-10 cm long; 3-12 mm thick; equal above, but tapering to base; when fresh sheathed with slime, at least over the lower portion; the apex dotted with granules like those on the cap margin, sometimes aggregated into an imperfect ring zone; whitish overall. FLESH white; unchanging; soft. ODOR not distinctive, or somewhat unpleasant. TASTE not distinctive. KOH bright yellow on stem, cap surface, or flesh.
http://www.svims.ca/council/Hygrop.htm
https://www.mushroomexpert.com/hygrophorus_chrysodon.html
Hygrophorus chrysodon is a species of fungus in the genus Hygrophorus.
Color | yellowish |
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Tags | KOH positive, decurrent |
Viscid | cap/stem |
Habitat | Forest |
Relationship | mycorrhizal |
Tree | conifer |