Hygrophorus erubescens    (Fr.:Fr.) Fr. 

common name(s) : Blotched Woodwax2, Ivory Woodwax2 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales [sub-genus:Neocamarophyllus section:Rubentes ]  

synonyms: Limacium erubescens 

edibility : poisonous

potential confusions with  Hygrophorus erubescens toxicity of Hygrophorus erubescens genus Hygrophorus  

The cap is whitish in the youth, then pink or vinaceous red with age.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 10 cm)
  height of stem approximately 7 cm (between 4 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 15 mm (between 6 and 30 mm)


Hygrophorus erubescens is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



page updated on 14/01/18