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Hygrocybe nivea.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Camarophyllus virgineus, Cuphophyllus niveus, Hygrophore blanc de neige, Hygrophorus niveus, Hygrophorus virgineus, Schneeweisser Saftling, Snowy Waxcap
Hygrocybe nivea Mushroom
Ref No: 7971
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Hygrocybe nivea2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7972
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Hygrophorus niveus Mushroom
Ref No: 8322
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: White to cream
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Cuphophyllus niveus (Fr.) Bon. Syn. Hygrocybe nivea (Scop.) Fr. syn. Camarophyllus virgineus (Wulf. ex Fr.) Fr. (of some authors) syn. Hygrophorus virgineus (Fr.) Fr. Schneeweisser Saftling Hygrophore blanc de neige Snowy Waxcap. Cap 1–3cm across, convex becoming flattened and depressed, white becoming ivory or tinged ochraceous with age especially at centre, striate when moist. Stem 25–50 x 2–4mm, tapering towards the base, white. Flesh thick at centre of cap, whitish. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills decurrent, widely spaced, whitish. Spore print white. Spores ellipsoid or pip-shaped, 7–9 x 4–5.5um in four-spored forms but 10–12´5–6m in two-spored forms. Habitat amongst short grass in pasture and open woodland. Season autumn. Common. Edible (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Found In Europe. Note Bon has now placed this fungus in Cuphophyllus.

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