Snowy Waxcap

Cuphophyllus virgineus

Description 5

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

Summary 6

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.

Fontes e Créditos

  1. (c) Amadej Trnkoczy, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/atrnkoczy/8172824939/
  2. (c) Adrian Cotter, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), enviado por Adrian Cotter
  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) 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/Cuphophyllus_virgineus

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Color whitish
Tags decurrent
Viscid none
Habitat Forest
Relationship unknown