List of Hygrophorus species
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H. camarophyllus, a edible mushroom
Genus type species - H. eburneus, California
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H. hypothejus, Finland
H. russula, Italy
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, New Zealand
A list of fungus species of the genus Hygrophorus appears below. Many species formerly included in this genus are now placed in the genus Hygrocybe. There are approximately 100 species in the genus.[1]
- Hygrophorus agathosmus - gray almond waxy cap, almond woodwax
- Hygrophorus bakerensis
- Hygrophorus caeruleus
- Hygrophorus camarophyllus - arched woodwax
- Hygrophorus chrysodon - gold flecked woodwax
- Hygrophorus cossus
- (formerly H. chrysaspis) + * North American species of Hygrophorus by L.R. Hesler and Alexander H. Smith, 1963. (Full text of monograph) - yellowing woodwax
- Hygrophorus eburneus - ivory woodwax
- Hygrophorus erubescens - blotched woodwax
- Hygrophorus goetzii
- Hygrophorus hypothejus - herald of winter (Europe)
- Hygrophorus latitabundus
- - larch woodwax
- Hygrophorus marzuolus
- Hygrophorus meridionalis
- Hygrophorus mesotephrus - ashen woodwax
- Hygrophorus nemoreus - oak woodwax
- Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus
- Hygrophorus penarioides
- Hygrophorus penarius - matt woodwax
- (formerly H. limacinus)
- Hygrophorus pudorinus - rosy woodwax
- Hygrophorus purpurascens
- (edible)[2]
- Hygrophorus russula - pinkmottle woodwax
- Hygrophorus speciosus
- Hygrophorus subalpinus - subalpine waxycap
References[]
- "Recommended English Names for Fungi in the UK" (PDF). British Mycological Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
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