Description ⁷

CAP 2-8 cm; convex when young, becoming broadly convex or flat; sticky when fresh, but often drying out quickly; bald, or finely hairy in places; the margin at first inrolled, but eventually unrolling; whitish to pink (especially over the center), often with streaks or spots of color. GILLS broadly attached to the stem or beginning to run down it; nearly distant; whitish to pale yellowish; developing reddish spots or becoming pinkish overall; short-gills frequent. STEM 3-10 cm long; 0.5-1 cm thick; more or less equal, or tapering to base, or (when young) nearly club-shaped; whitish at first but often developing pinkish to reddish discolorations; sometimes bruising yellowish in places; bald or finely hairy; solid. FLESH white; firm; unchanging when sliced, or changing slowly yellowish. ODOR and TASTE not distinctive.

SIMILAR mushrooms include H. russula (eastern US, usually larger, found under oaks and other hardwoods, spores 5-8.5 µ long), H. purpurascens (usually larger, with a partial veil when young, spores 5.5-8 µ long), and H. capreloarius (cap and gills darker and more evenly colored, spores 6.5-8 µ long).

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

Summary ⁸

Hygrophorus erubescens, commonly known as the blotched woodwax or pink waxcap, is an agaric fungus native to Scandinavia, Japan, Central Europe, Great Britain and North America.

Fontes e Créditos

1. (c) John Plischke, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/106147.jpg
2. (c) Thea Chesney, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), enviado por Thea Chesney
3. (c) Damon Tighe, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Damon Tighe
4. (c) Christian Schwarz, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Christian Schwarz
5. (c) Tyson Ehlers, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Tyson Ehlers
6. (c) Alan Rockefeller, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), enviado por Alan Rockefeller
7. (c) W.Coyote, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)
8. Adaptado por W.Coyote de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrophorus_erubescens

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