Hygrophorus golden (Hygrophorus chrysodon)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Hygrophoraceae (Hygrophoraceae)
- Genus: Hygrophorus
- Type: Hygrophorus chrysodon (Golden Hygrophorus)
- Hygrophorus golden-toothed
- Limacium chrysodon
External Description
At first, the cap is convex, then straightened, with a bumpy surface and a tubercle. Thin edges, in young mushrooms – bent. Sticky and smooth skin, covered with thin scales – especially closer to the edge. Cylindrical or slightly narrowed at the base of the leg, sometimes curved. It has a sticky surface, top covered with fluff. Quite rare wide plates that descend along the stem. Watery, soft, white flesh, practically odorless or slightly earthy, indistinguishable taste. Ellipsoid-fusiform or ellipsoid smooth white spores, 7,5-11 x 3,5-4,5 microns. The scales covering the cap are whitish at first, then yellow. When rubbed, the skin turns yellow. First the leg is solid, then hollow. At first the plates are white, then yellowish.
Edibility
A good edible mushroom, in cooking it goes well with other mushrooms.
Habitat
It occurs in small groups in deciduous and coniferous forests, mainly under oaks and beeches – in mountainous areas and on hills.
Season
End of summer – autumn.
Similar species
Strongly similar to Hygrophorus eburneus and Hygrophorus cossus which grow in the same area.