– Cap dry, grey to blackish grey with a darker centre, often with a low umbo.
– Gills white, distant and slightly decurrent.
– Stem dry, with distinct grey irregular bands and with a white zone at the top nearest the gills.
Woodwaxes
Korhonen's Woodwax
Hygrophorus korhonenii
LC
Least concern
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with spruce in mossy coniferous forest throughout the country.
Notes
The taste is comparable to that of Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus and H. glutinifer.
Similar species
Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus, H. korhonenii and H. glutinifer can be confused with each other, but they are all edible. H. olivaceoalbus is the most slender species and has a more brown to olive-brown colour tone compared with H. korhonenii. H. glutinifer is more robust and browner in colour, and grows with oak.
