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Appalachian waxy cap
Hygrocybe appalachianensis
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About
Hygrocybe appalachianensis, commonly known as the Appalachian waxy cap, is a gilled fungus of the waxcap family. It is found in the eastern United States, where it fruits singly, in groups, or clusters on the ground in deciduous and mixed forests. The species, described in 1963 from collections made in the Appalachian Mountains, was originally classified in the related genus Hygrophorus. It was transferred to Hygrocybe in 1998, in which it has been proposed as the type species of section Pseudofirmae.
- Family
- Hygrophoraceae
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- Name
- Hygrocybe appalachianensis
- Slug
- hygrocybe-appalachianensis
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Hygrophoraceae
- Genus
- Hygrocybe
- Species
- appalachianensis
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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