rødflekkvokssopp, Hygrophorus erubescens

Rødflekkvokssopp, Hygrophorus erubescens, commonly known as the blotched woodwax or pink waxcap, is an agaric fungus native to Scandinavia. Cap: 2-8 cm; convex when young, becoming broadly convex or flat; sticky when fresh, but often drying out quickly; bald, or finely hairy in places; the margin at first inrolled, but eventually unrolling; whitish to pink (especially over the center), often with streaks or spots of color.
Gills: Broadly attached to the stem or beginning to run down it; nearly distant; whitish to pale yellowish; developing reddish spots or becoming pinkish overall; short-gills frequent.
Stem: 3-10 cm long; 0.5-1 cm thick; more or less equal, or tapering to base, or nearly club-shaped; whitish at first but often developing pinkish to reddish discolorations. White spore print.

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Copyright: Bente Haarstad
Image Size: 4127x2751 / 1.9MB; Agaricales Ausa Europe European Hygrophorus erubescens Kalvåa Norden Norge Norway Norwegian mushrooms Scandinavia Scandinavian musrooms Skandinavia Sør-Trøndelag botanical forest forest floor fruktlegemer funghi fungi fungus mushrooms natur nature nordiske sopper norsk norske sopper norwegian pensum rødflekkvokssopp skandinavisk skivesopper skog skogbunn skogbunnarter sopp spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus vokssopper wild mushrooms
Contained in galleries: Vokssopper - Waxcaps - Hygrophoraceae

Rødflekkvokssopp, Hygrophorus erubescens, commonly known as the blotched woodwax or pink waxcap, is an agaric fungus native to Scandinavia. Cap: 2-8 cm; convex when young, becoming broadly convex or flat; sticky when fresh, but often drying out quickly; bald, or finely hairy in places; the margin at first inrolled, but eventually unrolling; whitish to pink (especially over the center), often with streaks or spots of color. <br />
Gills: Broadly attached to the stem or beginning to run down it; nearly distant; whitish to pale yellowish; developing reddish spots or becoming pinkish overall; short-gills frequent. <br />
Stem: 3-10 cm long; 0.5-1 cm thick; more or less equal, or tapering to base, or nearly club-shaped; whitish at first but often developing pinkish to reddish discolorations. White spore print.