Gold-Flake Waxy Cap

Hygrophorus chrysodon

Family: Hygrophoraceae

Also called: Gold-Flecked Woodwax, Yellow-Edged Woodwax

Gold-Flake Waxy Cap (Hygrophorus chrysodon)
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Overview

White waxcap dusted with golden flakes under conifers. Mild edible, viscid cap.

Edibility
Edible
Rarity
uncommon
Trophic mode
mycorrhizal
Typical peak
Sep–Oct

Season

Sep–Nov — typical fruiting months: Aug, Sep, Oct.

Host trees & substrate

  • Mycorrhizal with pine
  • Mycorrhizal with hemlock

Where it grows

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