(Cuphophyllus virgineus) (Wulfen) Kovalenko
(Hygrocybe virginea) (Wulfen: Fr.) P.D. Orton & Watling
ŠPer Fadnes
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Cuphophyllus virgineus is a small to medium sized waxcap. It has a white color all over with decurrent gills. Grows together in clusters. Snowy waxcap has been shown by DNA sequencing to consist of several closely related species. It should therefore be referred to as Cuphophyllus virgineus (coll). |
Characteristics:
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Cap |
Gills |
Stipe |
Similar species |
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Up to 70mm White/ivory to cream Lubricous when wet, hygrophan. Conical later
applanate. Edge translucently striate in small specimens. |
Short to deeply decurrent. White, sometimes furcate |
Up to 60mm cylindrical, sometimes depressed, tapering downwards. Dry, smooth, white. |
C. russocoriacea but it has a
characteristic smell of juniper.
C. berkeleyi but it is bigger
and more fleshy. |
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Ecology/Indicatorvalue: C. virigneus is a rather common waxcap in grasslands and can occur in great numbers. It
seems not to have special demand to soil and geology and is no good
indicator. Fructification in Norway: From end of July to
beginning of December, mainly in September/October. |
Redlistcategory: Not listed
References:
David Boertmann.2010, The genus Hygrocybe, 2nd revised edition. Fungi of
Northern Europe vol. 1
Svampetryk, Danmark.