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ivory waxy cap

Hygrophorus eburneus (Bull.) Fr. 1836

Description:

has anyone seen Alice, she has still my pipe !! :)-------- • Pileus Cap 2.5-7 cm broad, convex with an inrolled margin, expanding to nearly plane with a low umbo or the disc depressed with an upturned margin; surface smooth to silky, slimy-viscid, white, occasionally faintly yellow in age; flesh white, soft, thick at the disc, thin elsewhere, unchanging; odor and taste mild. • Lamellae Gills subdecurrent to decurrent, subdistant, moderately broad, waxy, white, sometimes faintly yellow in age. • Stipe Stipe 4-12 cm tall, 0.5-1.5 cm thick, equal to tapering towards the base, often bent, stuffed, becoming hollow at maturity; surface finely scaled at the apex, smooth below, white, viscid; veil absent ( http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Hygro... )

Habitat:

location: North America, Europe edibility: Inedible fungus colour: White to cream normal size: 5-15cm cap type: Convex to shield shaped flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky spore colour: White, cream or yellowish habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides Hygrophorus eburneus (Bull. ex Fr.) Fr. syn. Limacium eburneum (Bull. ex. Fr.) Kummer Fichten-Schneckling Hygrophore blanc d'ivoire Ivory Woodwax. Cap 3–7cm across, convex then becoming flattened, pure white, slimy. Stem 40–70 x 5–10mm, tapering towards the base, covered in mealy granules near the apex when young, white, slimy. Flesh thick at centre of cap, white. Taste and smell faint but pleasant. Gills decurrent, white. Spore print white. Spores broadly ellipsoid, 6–8 x 4–5um. No reaction with KOH on cap. Habitat in leaf litter in woods, especially beech. Season autumn. Rare. Edible – not recommended. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe ( http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/D... )

Notes:

Medicinal properties Bactericidal/fungicidal activity Eight unusual fatty acids with bactericidal and fungicidal activity have been isolated from Hygrophorus eburneus (Teichert et al., 2005). These fatty acids, which all contain a so-called γ-crotonate partial structure, are named as follows: (2E,9E)-4-oxooctadeca-2,9,17-trienoic acid (2E 11Z)-4-oxooctadeca-2,11,17-trienoic acid (E)-4-oxohexadeca-2,15-dienoic acid (E)-4-oxooctadeca-2,17-dienoic acid (2E, 9E)-4-oxooetadeca-2,9-dienoic acid (2E, 11Z)-4-oxooetadeca-2,1 I-dienoic acid (E)-4-oxollexadec-2-enoic acid (E)-4-oxooctadec-2-enoic acid Elemental composition A recent study from Greece analyzed the metal contents of eight indigenous mushroom species, including H. eburneus. The metal concentrations, given as µg/g, dry weight basis, are summarized in the table below [the link !!!] (mean ± standard deviation): ( http://healing-mushrooms.net/archives/hy... ), ( http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Li... ),

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AlexKonig
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AlexKonig

Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

Spotted on Oct 8, 2011
Submitted on Mar 13, 2012

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