CAP 2-3 cm, slimy, convex, pale tan to dingy yellowish brown with buff margin ("Isabella color" with a "warm buff" margin, disc becoming cinnamon-tinged and then more or less "sayal brown"), appearing fibrillose-streaked under slime. ODOR and TASTE not distinctive. GILLS decurrent, distant, narrow, whitish becoming buff ("ivory yellow" becoming "warm buff"). STEM 4-6 x 0.3-0.6 cm, dry, whitish becoming buff ("ivory yellow" becoming "warm buff"), partial veil leaves a median fibrillose zone. MICROSTRUCTURES spores 8-10 x 4-5 microns; DV. REMARKS according to Hesler & Smith like H. hypothejus in all other characters but without gelatinous veil on stem.
see: H. hypotheju
http://www.svims.ca/council/Hygrop.htm
Color | brownish, whitish |
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Viscid | cap |
Habitat | Forest |
Relationship | unknown |