Species
Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus (Olive wax cap)
Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus. Photo: (c) noah_siegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus, commonly known as the olive wax cap, is a species of fungus in the genus Hygrophorus. The fruit bodies (mushrooms) appear from midsummer to late autumn under conifers in North American and Eurasian mountain forests. The mushrooms have olive-brown, slimy caps with dark streaks and a dark umbo; the caps measure 3 to 12 cm (1.2 to 4.7 in) in diameter. Other characteristic features include a slimy stem up to 12 cm (4.7 in) long that is spotted…
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
- Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
- Suborder: Hygrophorineae
- Family: Hygrophoraceae
- Subfamily: Hygrophoroideae
- Tribe: Hygrophoreae
- Genus: Hygrophorus (Woodwaxes)
- Subgenus: Colorati (Hygrophorus subg. colorati)
- Section: Olivaceoumbrini (Hygrophorus sect. olivaceoumbrini)
- Species: Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus (Olive wax cap)
- Section: Olivaceoumbrini (Hygrophorus sect. olivaceoumbrini)
- Subgenus: Colorati (Hygrophorus subg. colorati)
- Genus: Hygrophorus (Woodwaxes)
- Tribe: Hygrophoreae
- Subfamily: Hygrophoroideae
- Family: Hygrophoraceae
- Suborder: Hygrophorineae
- Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)























































