waxycap (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *waxycap*:
NOUN	plant	waxycap	any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance

English > *waxycap*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance.
Member of	Hygrophoraceae, family Hygrophoraceae	A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
Narrower	Hygrocybe acutoconica, conic waxycap	A fungus having an acutely conic cap and dry stalks
	Hygrophorus borealis	A fungus with a white convex cap and arcuate white gills and a stalk that tapers toward the base
	Hygrophorus caeruleus	A fungus with a broadly convex cap that is cream color with a tint of blue over the margin
	Hygrophorus inocybiformis	A fungus with a drab squamulose cap and grey-brown squamules over the white background of the stalk and waxy grey-white gills
	Hygrophorus kauffmanii	A fungus with a slightly viscid cap
	Hygrophorus marzuolus	A grey fungus frequently found near melting snow banks
	Hygrophorus purpurascens	A fungus with a viscid purplish red cap and stalk
	Hygrophorus russula	An edible fungus with a reddish cap and close pale gills and dry stalk
	Hygrophorus sordidus	An edible fungus with a large white cap and a dry stalk and white gills
	Hygrophorus tennesseensis	A fungus having a brownish sticky cap with a white margin and white gills and an odor of raw potatoes
	Hygrophorus turundus	A small fungus with orange cap and yellow gills found in sphagnum bogs
	Hygrotrama foetens	A small grey-brown fungus with an unpleasant odor of mothballs
	Neohygrophorus angelesianus	A fungus with a small brown convex cap with a depressed disc
Broader	agaric	A saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
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