Olive white hygrophorus (Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Hygrophoraceae (Hygrophoraceae)
- Genus: Hygrophorus
- Type: Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus (Olive White Hygrophorus)
- Slastena
- blackhead
- Woodlouse olive white
- Slastena
- blackhead
- Woodlouse olive white
Hygrophorus olive white (lat. Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus) is a species of basidiomycete fungi belonging to the genus Hygrophorus of the Hygrophoraceae family.
External Description
At first, the cap is bell-shaped, cone-shaped, then it becomes prostrate and depressed. In the center there is a tubercle, furrowed edges. Mucous shiny and clammy skin. Sufficiently dense, cylindrical, thin leg. Rare fleshy, wide plates, slightly descending, sometimes with a continuation in the form of thin scratches on the top of the stem. Loose white flesh with a weak but sweet taste and pleasant smell. Elliptical smooth white spores, 11-15 x 6-9 microns. The color of the cap varies from brown to olive green and darkens towards the center. The top of the leg is white, the bottom is covered with ring-shaped growths.
Edibility
Medium quality edible mushroom.
Habitat
Olive-white hygrophorus is found in coniferous and mixed forests, most often with spruce and pine.
Season
Summer autumn.
Similar species
The olive-white hygrophore is similar to the edible persona hygrophorus (Hygrophorus persoonii), however it has a dark brown or brown-gray cap and is found in deciduous forests.