Species flashcards

Description

Cap: 5-8 cm in diameter; convex when young, its margin infolded for a long time, umbonate in the center, then spreading, its umbo remaining; dirty brown, olive-brown, grayish-brown, its center often darker; strongly slimy surface.

Gills: Decurrent on the stem, distant, thick; white.

Stem: 5-12 cm long, 1.2-2 cm thick; cylindrical, tapering towards the base; white at the apex, powdery, powdery, brownish marbled on a white base below the ring zone, slimy; when young, a slimy cobweb-like veil connects the cap margin to the stem, which disappears without a trace over time.

Flesh: Solid, white; no particular smell and taste.

Spore: White; 10-12 × 6-7.5 μm; egg-shaped.

Occurrence: From September to November; in deciduous forests, quite common species.

Edibility: Edible.

Confusion: Similar to the equally edible, lighter-capped and stemmed; related species the olive-brown woodwax. Cannot be confused with any other species.

Note: hygrophorus means from hygro - water, moisture, and phorus - bearer.

Species description: The name Hygrophorus dichrous is attributed to Kühner & Romagn from 1953. The first scientific record dates from 1774, as Agaricus limacinus, attributed to Schaeffer. In 1979, the name Hygrophorus persoonii was also registered.

Taxonomy

1. PhylumBasidiomycota
2. ClassAgaricomycetes
3. OrderAgaricales
4. FamilyHygrophoraceae
5. GenusHygrophorus

• Species: persoonii
• Described by: Arnolds (1979)
• Hungarian name: olajszínű csigagomba
• Lifestyle: mycorrhizal
• Edibility: edible