CAP 2-4 cm; convex when young, becoming broadly convex or slightly bell-shaped; sticky when fresh; with a slightly streaked appearance from stretched-out fibers beneath the slime; shiny when dried out; brown to gray-brown; lighter towards the margin. GILLS beginning to run down the stem; close or nearly distant; white; waxy. STEM 3-7 cm long; up to 1.5 cm thick; more or less equal; when very fresh and young sheathed with slime over the lower portion, but soon dry; whitish; covered with tiny fibrous points (especially over the upper half) that darken to grayish brown with maturity or when the mushroom is dried. FLESH white; unchanging when sliced. ODOR and TASTE not distinctive.
SIMILAR H. agathosmus https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1188050
http://www.svims.ca/council/Hygrop.htm
https://www.mushroomexpert.com/hygrophorus_pustulatus.html
Color | brownish, whitish |
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Viscid | cap/stem |
Habitat | Forest |
Relationship | mycorrhizal |
Tree | conifer, fir |