Hygrophorus agathosmus

almond woodwax

Names across languages

From the latest record: 2024-10-19.

Gills, moderately spaced, decurrent, white to pale gray, sometimes with a slight waxy appearance

Convex to broadly convex, becoming flat with age, smooth, viscid or slimy when wet, gray to grayish-brown, margin incurved when young

Decurrent

Slender to thick, cylindrical, white to grayish, sometimes with a faint, slimy coating when young, becoming dry with age

Spore print: White

Mycorrhizal, found in association with conifers (spruces and pines), in coniferous and mixed forests, autumn

Edible, with a mild taste and pleasant fragrance, though not widely consumed

Fruit body medium-sized, stipe 4-8 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm thick

Cap 4–8 cm in diameter

Odour strong, pleasant, almond-like or marzipan-like scent

Ellipsoid, smooth, 7-10 x 4-5 µ, hyaline in KOH, inamyloid, basidia 4-sterigmate, 45-60 µ long

Medium-sized, grayish mushroom with a slimy cap and almond-like odor

1838). Epicr. Syst. Mycol. (Upsaliae): 325 (’1836-1838′).

Soodla jõgi, Harjumaa, Estonia

Spruce-pine-juniper-birch woodland, in moss

59°23'13.9"N 25°23'31.4"E

🔆 Occasional sun, partly cloudy, shaded spot