Oak Woodwax

Hygrophorus nemoreus

Deciduous forests, parks, calcareous oak woods with linden and hornbeam. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 3-8 cm across, conical, later flattened, with an umbo, matt, relatively fleshy, yellowish-orange, brownish-yellow. Gills whitish, later yellowish, slightly decurrent, adnate. Stem up to 8 cm long and 1—1.3 cm thick, greyish. Flesh white, firm, without a particular smell or taste. Characteristic features: a mushroom of oak woods, the cap fleshy, quite similar to a chanterelle. Grows singly or 2-3 fruiting bodies together, dislikes shaded places. Edible. Uncommon.