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Taxonomic Classification:
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
General Description:
Thick, white “waxy-cap” with dry stem and a veil which often forms an inferior ring on the stem just above the bulb.1
Habitat:
Associated with mountain conifers1
Look Alikes:
References:
1 Gibson, Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, Version 2.2 (Apr. 2014) (application, downloadable at http://www.svims.ca/council/matchmaker.htm)
Notes:
Common Name: Subalpine Waxy Cap
Description author: Joseph D. Cohen (Request Authorship Credit)
Description editors: IntoTheFlames, Erlon Bailey