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Hygrophorus speciosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hygrophoraceae
Genus:	Hygrophorus
Species:	H. speciosus
Binomial name
Hygrophorus speciosus Peck, 1878

Hygrophorus speciosus, commonly known as the larch waxy cap, 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; 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

Hygrophorus speciosusMycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex or umbonate
	Hymenium is adnate or decurrent
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is white
	Edibility is edible

1. Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
2. "Hygrophorus speciosus (Fr.) Fr". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
3. Phillips, Roger (2010) . Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
4. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
5. ^ Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.

• Hygrophorus
• Edible fungi
• Fungi of North America
• Fungi described in 1878
• Taxa named by Charles Horton Peck
• Fungus species