CAP 1 - 2 inches wide; flesh white. ODOR and TASTE not special. GILLS decurrent, white, becoming tinged yellow. STEM smooth, white, rarely tinged salmon pink or pinkish lavender in the lower half. MICROSTRUCTURES spores 8-11 x 5-7 microns; IW.
SYNONYMS Hygrocybe virginea, Camarophyllus virgineus, Hygrophorus virgineus, Hygrocybe nivea, Hygrophorus niveus, Camarophyllus niveus
http://www.svims.ca/council/Hygrop.htm
https://www.mushroomexpert.com/cuphophyllus_virgineus.html
Cuphophyllus virgineus is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. Its recommended English common name is snowy waxcap in the UK. The species has a largely north temperate distribution, occurring in grassland in Europe and in woodland in North America and northern Asia, but is also known from Australia. It typically produces basidiocarps (fruit bodies) in the autumn.
Color | whitish |
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Tags | decurrent |
Viscid | none |
Habitat | Forest |
Relationship | unknown |