– Cap beige to ochre-yellow.
– Cap often with dark, thread-like fibrils near the center.
– Gills thick, widely spaced, and usually decurrent.
– Taste mild.
Woodwaxes
Oak Woodwax
Hygrophorus nemoreus
VU
Vulnerable
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with oak and hazel in groves and deciduous forests.
Similar species
Meadow waxcap is another edible and tasty species that is similar, but it usually grows in grazed meadows and pastures. The species may possibly be confused by inexperienced mushroom pickers with some poisonous funnel mushrooms, but these have thinner and more closely spaced gills.
