''Hygrophorus speciosus'' is a species of fungus in the genus ''
Hygrophorus''.
While
edible, the flavor of most ''Hygrophorus'' species is considered bland.
It has a bright red-orange
cap which yellows with age, and a white or yellow
stem
Stem or STEM may refer to:
Plant structures
* Plant stem, a plant's aboveground axis, made of vascular tissue, off which leaves and flowers hang
* Stipe (botany), a stalk to support some other structure
* Stipe (mycology), the stem of a mushro ...
; both are slimy, but the
fruit bodies are less so with age.
The
gills are whitish to light yellow, and decurrent.
The species can be found inland within the
Pacific Northwest, in areas where
larch is plentiful.
''
Hygrophorus hypothejus'' is a similar species.
References
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speciosus
Edible fungi
Fungi of North America
Fungi described in 1878
Taxa named by Charles Horton Peck