Mushroom Observer: Public Description of Hygrophorus eburneus (Bull.) Fr.

Public Description of Hygrophorus eburneus (Bull.) Fr.

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Name: Hygrophorus eburneus (Bull.) Fr.
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Description status: Unreviewed

Taxonomic Classification:

Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae

General Description:

http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Hygrophorus_eburneus.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrophorus_eburneus

Distribution:

widely distributed

Habitat:

scattered on the ground in conifer and broadleaf woods

Uses:

Edible

References:

http://www.speciesfungorum.org/...

Notes:

“Common Name: Ivory Waxy Cap”

Current Name:
Hygrophorus eburneus (Bull.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Upsaliae): 321 (1838) [1836-1838]

Synonymy:
Agaricus eburneus Bull., Herb. Fr. 3: tab. 118, tab. 551, fig. 2 (1783) [1782-83]
Gymnopus eburneus (Bull.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 610 (1821)

Description author: IntoTheFlames (Request Authorship Credit)
Description editor: walt sturgeon