– Cap slimy, olive-brown with a darker centre, often with a low umbo.
– Gills adnate to slightly decurrent, white, distant.
– Stem slimy, often with irregular grey-brown bands, and with a white zone at the top nearest the gills.
Woodwaxes
Glutinous Woodwax
Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus
LC
Least concern
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with spruce in mossy coniferous forest throughout the Nordic countries.
Similar species
Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus, H. korhonenii and H. glutinifer can be confused with each other, but they are all edible.
H. korhonenii lacks brown colours, the stem is distinctly marbled grey and it is not slimy. H. glutinifer is more robust and browner in colour, and grows with oak.
H. korhonenii lacks brown colours, the stem is distinctly marbled grey and it is not slimy. H. glutinifer is more robust and browner in colour, and grows with oak.
