A small to medium woodwax of spruce forests with a reddish-yellow to reddish-brown cap that is darker at the center. The stem is whitish to beige and slimy to sticky below a faint ring-like zone. In North America it is known from relatively few collections.
Edibility disputed; not recommended. It is sometimes listed as edible, but Nordic sources treat it as inedible and it is not on any recommended edible list there (Svampguiden).
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Habitat
Ectomycorrhizal with spruce; in calcareous coniferous forest and moist, herb-rich spruce forest; late summer to early winter.
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Northern and central Europe, including the Nordic countries. North American herbarium records are few (Alaska, Washington and Yukon); a variety, var. californicus Largent, was described from California.
Characteristics
Cap: 2-6 cm; reddish yellow to reddish brown with a darker center; slimy when wet. Gills: fairly widely spaced, attached to slightly decurrent, white becoming pale yellowish brown. Stem: about 2.5-9 cm long and 0.3-1 cm thick, white to beige, slimy to sticky below a ring-like veil zone near the top, darker toward the base. Spore print: white.
