– Cap grey-brown to brown with a darker centre, slimy in damp weather.
– Gills distant, white, adnate to slightly decurrent.
– Stem white, slimy in damp weather, with a ring zone near the top and irregular grey-brown bands below.
Woodwaxes
Ebony Woodwax
Hygrophorus latitabundus
VU
Vulnerable
Inedible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with pine on calcareous soil in pine forest. Very rare. Only found a few times in Sweden, on Gotland.
Notes
Edible, but should be spared as it is very rare in the Nordic countries.
Similar species
Resembles Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus in appearance but is much larger and more robust.
