Species: Snowy Waxcap (Cuphophyllus (or Hygrocybe) virgineus)

Family: Gilled Mushrooms (HYGROPHORACEAE)

Category: Fungi

Location: One Sighting

A. Fungi

More extensive information on fungi can be found in a separate blog post.

B. Gilled Mushrooms (HYGROPHORACEAE)

Typically this family contains white-spored, thick-gilled agaric mushrooms, the waxcaps being grassland species and the ectomycorrhizal woodwaxes woodland species.

C. Snowy Waxcap (Cuphophyllus (or Hygrocybe) virgineus)

A grassland and woodland species, the Snowy Waxcap is all white, turning ivory with age.

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Snowy Waxcap

A grassland and woodland species, the Snowy Waxcap is all white, turning ivory with age.