Hygrophorus chrysodon

Gold Flecked Woodwax

A white woodwax whose cap margin, upper stem and gill edges are dusted with small golden-yellow granules. The cap is sticky when wet, and the yellow flecks turn lemon yellow with KOH. It grows with conifers and in mixed woods.

Species profile

Edibility: Edible with caution
Reported as edible (First Nature), but uncommon and not generally collected. Look-alikes: White Amanita species, including the deadly destroying angels (amatoxins), can look similar from above; Amanitas have free gills, a skirt-like ring and a sac-like volva at the stem base, whereas this species has thick, waxy, attached-to-decurrent gills and no volva. The Ivory Woodwax (H. eburneus) is similar but lacks the yellow flecks.

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Characteristics

Cap: 3-8 cm, convex then flatter; white with yellow granular scales mainly at the margin; sticky when wet, shiny when dry. Gills: decurrent, fairly broad and distant, waxy, white with yellowish edges. Stem: 4-7 cm long, 0.9-1.5 cm thick, white with yellow flecks mainly near the apex. Flesh: white. Odor: mushroomy; taste mild to bitter. Chemical reaction: KOH lemon yellow on the cap surface. Spore print: white. Spores: 7-9 x 4-4.5 um, ellipsoid, smooth (First Nature).