Family: Hygrophoraceae
Hygrophorus pustulatus
(Pers.) Fr.
Hygrophorus pustulatus | Iditarod Trail, Girdwood
KEY ID FEATURES
- Small-to-medium sized specimens growing with conifers.
- Gray-to-grayish brown, light tan viscid cap. Normally darker in the center.
- White stipe, gills and flesh. Stipe covered in distinctive dark dots.
- Gills typical to Hygrophorus - broad and conntected to stipe, well spaced.
- No distinct odor.
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal
SPORE PRINT: White
EDIBILITY: Unknown
SIMILAR SPECIES: Hygrophorus tephroleucus
COLLECTIONS
- COLLECTION ID: AKFF-179-14
- LOCATION: Iditarod Trail, Girdwood
- DATE: 4-Sep-14
- NOTES: Small gray cap, white gills, stipe covered with fine gray dots. No odor, taste mild. Growing under hemlock and spruce.
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