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Family: Hygrophoraceae

Hygrophorus pacificus
A.H. Sm. & Hesler

KEY ID FEATURES

• Small-to-medium specimens growing with conifers, seem to like spruce.
• Cap a mixture of light orange-brown, mild tan or subtle pinks. Viscid. Convex opening to concave with age.
• Gills whitish-pink, broad and well spaced. Attached to a similar colored stipe.
• Sweet almondy odor.

NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal

SPORE PRINT: White

EDIBILITY: Unknown, similar species are edible.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Hygrophorus agathosmus, Hygrophorus bakerensis & Hygrophorus odoratus.

COLLECTIONS

• COLLECTION ID:  AKFF-140-14
• LOCATION: Sheridan Glacier, Cordova
• DATE: 29-Aug-14
• NOTES: Sweet almond odor, viscid cap moist stipe, in moss under hemlock and spruce.
• SEQUENCE: 

GGACAGCTATTAAGACTGCCAGATTTTAAATTTGAGCTTTTCCCGCTTCACTCGCAGTTACTAGGGGAATCCTTGTTAGTTTCTTTTCCTCCGCTTATTGATATGCTTAAGTTCAGCGGGTAGTCCTACCTGATTTGAGGTCAAAATGTCAAAGAGTTGTCTATTTAGAAGCTGAACACACTTGCTTCACGGCAATGGCATAGATATTATCAAACCAAAAGCCTATTCCACAAAGGGTACACGCTAATACTTTTAAGAGGAGCCAACTTGAAAGCCGGCAACACTCCAAATCCAAGCCTCCTTCAAATTGAAGGAGTTTGATAATTTAATGACACTCAAACAGGCATGCTCCTCGGAATACCAAGGAGCGCAAGGTGCGTTCAAAGATTCGATGATTCACTGAATTCTGCAATTCACATTACTTATCGCATTTCGCTGCGTTCTTCATCGATGCGAGAGCCAAGAGATCCGTTGTTGAAAGTTGTATAAATTAATACCAATCAAGACATTCTTAAACTTTTGGAGTGTATGGAAAACATAGACTTTGTCGGTCTACAAAAGGTGCACAGGGTGTAAAGTTTTGGA