Rosy brown waxy cap grows below Sitka spruce, tanbark oak, and live oak trees in coastal forests. Its fruiting bodies appear during the autumn and winter. The caps get sticky in wet weather but dry out quickly. Rosy brown waxy cap typically takes on a pinkish hue with white or cream-colored gills.
Cap Diameter:
2 - 9 cm
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General Info About Rosy brown waxy cap
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Attributes of Rosy brown waxy cap
Cap Diameter
2 - 9 cm
Cap
2 - 9 cm wide; convex to plane; pink; margin incurved at first, becoming uplifted in age
Gills
Adnate or slightly decurrent; close to crowded; white to cream colored
Stem
3 - 12 cm long; equal or tapered downward often curved; white; dry, pruinose to scurfy
Flesh
Thick
Spore Print Color
White
Body Color
Yellow
White
Pink
Flesh Bruises
The flesh or milk does not discolor when bruised or cut.
Growth Form
Scattered, Gregarious
Nutrient Gathering
Mycorrhizal
Substrate
Leaf or Needle Litter, On soil
You can find Rosy brown waxy cap by these plants:
Spruces, Pines
Occurence Habitats
Mixed Woodland
Species Status
Common
Endangered Species
No
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Habitat of Rosy brown waxy cap
Rosy brown waxy cap are typically found in forest duff beneath live oaks, tanbark oak, and Sitka spruce.
