waxycap

Noun
  1. Any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance (synset 113091068)
    is a type of: agaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
    subtypes:
    • conic waxycap, hygrocybe acutoconica - a fungus having an acutely conic cap and dry stalks
    • hygrophorus borealis - a fungus with a white convex cap and arcuate white gills and a stalk that tapers toward the base
    • hygrophorus caeruleus - a fungus with a broadly convex cap that is cream color with a tint of blue over the margin; waxy gills are bluish green to blue-grey; a short stalk tapers abruptly at the base
    • hygrophorus inocybiformis - a fungus with a drab squamulose cap and grey-brown squamules over the white background of the stalk and waxy grey-white gills
    • hygrophorus kauffmanii - a fungus with a slightly viscid cap; cap and gills are reddish brown and the stalk is grey
    • hygrophorus marzuolus - a grey fungus frequently found near melting snow banks
    • hygrophorus purpurascens - a fungus with a viscid purplish red cap and stalk; found under spruce and other conifers
    • hygrophorus russula - an edible fungus with a reddish cap and close pale gills and dry stalk; found under hardwoods
    • hygrophorus sordidus - an edible fungus with a large white cap and a dry stalk and white gills
    • hygrophorus tennesseensis - a fungus having a brownish sticky cap with a white margin and white gills and an odor of raw potatoes
    • hygrophorus turundus - a small fungus with orange cap and yellow gills found in sphagnum bogs
    • hygrotrama foetens - a small grey-brown fungus with an unpleasant odor of mothballs
    • neohygrophorus angelesianus - a fungus with a small brown convex cap with a depressed disc; waxy wine-colored gills and a brown stalk; fruits in or near melting snow banks in the western mountains of North America
    belongs to: family hygrophoraceae, hygrophoraceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance

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