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Sooty hygrophorus

Hygrophorus fuligineus

A species of Woodwaxes

Sooty hygrophorus is creamy white with a dark center. It grows in the woods of North America from fall to winter in cold areas. Its cap is slimy and it has no distinctive smell.

Cap Diameter:

3 - 5 cm

Odor:

Mildly mushroomy but not distinctive.

General Info About Sooty hygrophorus

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Attributes of Sooty hygrophorus

Cap Diameter

3 - 5 cm

Height

5 - 15 cm

Cap

Cap 3 - 5 cm; convex to broadly convex; brown; heavy slime layer on cap, broad darker umbo; paler margin which is incurved in youth

Gills

Decurrent; close to sub-distant, medium-broad; white

Stem

Stem 3 - 5 cm by 1 - 1.5 cm; central, cylindrical, slightly thicker in center with taper downward to base, pithy; white

Flesh

Thick; white

Ring

Inconspicuous

Spore Print Color

White

Odor

Mildly mushroomy but not distinctive.

Body Color

Brown

White

Growth Form

Solitary, Scattered

Nutrient Gathering

Mycorrhizal

Substrate

On soil

You can find Sooty hygrophorus by these plants:

Spruces, Pines, Firs

Species Status

Occasional to locally common

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Habitat of Sooty hygrophorus

On soil under pines and cedars

Scientific Classification of Sooty hygrophorus

Phylum

Club fungi

Class

Mushroom-forming fungi

Order

Gilled fungi

Family

Waxgills

Genus

Woodwaxes

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