Hygrophorus pustulatus (Pers.:Fr.) Fr. |
common name(s) : Blistered Woodwax
synonyms: Limacium pustulatum, Hygrophorus tephroleucus
edibility : edible
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The cap is greyish to grey-brown, darker in the centre, convex then expanded and ultimately depressed in the middle with age, often with a small umbo; its margin is smooth to slightly grooved, inrolled for a long time. The cap surface is covered with fine darker granular scales, especially at the disk, only slightly viscid. The stem is white, cylindrical, non viscid, covered with brownish-grey glandular grains, more visible at the top, without ring. The flesh is white, thick at the middle, unchanging; its taste is mild, not distinctive; the odour is faint or not distinctive; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white, adnate to slightly decurrent, thick, broad, distant and waxy . The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods, essentially with spruce. The fruiting period takes place from September to November.
Distinctive features : greyish cap, covered with fine granular scales, darker in the centre, not very viscid; white stem, non viscid, dotted with dark grey-brown spots, more visible at the top; white gills, slightly decurrent, waxy, distant; white flesh, with a not distinctive faint odour; essentially with spruce Hygrophorus pustulatus is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
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