Beech Woodwax (Hygrophorus leucophaeus)

Hygrophorus leucophaeus

Deciduous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 3-5 (7) cm across, when young bell-shaped, later flattened, rarely slightly depressed, orange-brownish, yellowish-brownish in the middle, the margins paler. Gills whitish, brownish, decurrent. Stem 5-10 (12)x0.5-1 cm, brownish, tapering at the base. Flesh thin, brownish, without a particular smell or taste. Characteristic features: the stem is usually twice as long as the cap is wide; the cap is brownish in the middle. Grows singly in deciduous forests, in damp, grassy places. Edible. Rare.