waxycap

Definitions of waxycap

1. noun

   any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance
   types:

   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; waxy gills are bluish green to blue-grey; a short stalk tapers abruptly at the base

   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; cap and gills are reddish brown and the stalk is grey

   Hygrophorus marzuolus

   a grey fungus frequently found near melting snow banks

   Hygrophorus purpurascens

   a fungus with a viscid purplish red cap and stalk; found under spruce and other conifers

   Hygrophorus russula

   an edible fungus with a reddish cap and close pale gills and dry stalk; found under hardwoods

   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; waxy wine-colored gills and a brown stalk; fruits in or near melting snow banks in the western mountains of North America

   type of:

   agaric

   a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside