Public Description of Hygrophorus subalpinus A.H. Sm.

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Name: Hygrophorus subalpinus A.H. Sm.
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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:
Hygrophorus albicarneus, Hygrophorus goetzii, Hygrophorus ponderatus, Hygrophorus sordidus, Hygrophorus vernalis, Neohygrophorus angelesianus, Russula brevipes, Tricholoma magnivelare, Tricholoma olida.1

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


Created: 2011-10-25 11:03:16 CEST (+0200) by IntoTheFlames
Last modified: 2018-06-20 03:25:41 CEST (+0200) by Erlon (Herbert Baker)
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