Camarophyllus russocoriaceus (Berk. & Miller) Lange
Dansk bot. Ark. 4(4): 20. 1923.

Common Name: none

Synonyms: Hygrophorus russocoriaceus Berk. & Miller, Hygrocybe russocoriacea (Berk. & Miller) Orton & Watling

• Pileus

  Cap 1.5 -3.5 cm broad, convex, the margin slightly undulate in age, faintly striate; surface moist, smooth, hygrophanous, ivory to pallid, fading from the disc toward the margin, the latter often slightly darker; flesh thin, pallid, unchanging; odor of cedar; taste, mild.

• Lamellae

  Gills decurrent, broad, thick, subdistant, lammellulae alternating with the gills, concolorous with the cap.

• Stipe

  Stipe 4-7.5 cm tall, 0.4-0.6 cm thick, slender, cartilaginous, hollow at maturity, sometimes twisted, equal to tapering to a narrowed base; surface moist, smooth, concolorous with the cap; flesh pallid, thin, unchanging; veil absent.

• Spores

  Spores 7.5-9.5 x 4.5-5 µm, elliptical, smooth; spore print white.

• Habitat

  Scattered to gregarious in hardwood/conifer wood forests.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  Camarophyllus russocoriaceus is best told apart from similar waxy-caps by its distinctive cedar odor. Other important field characters are the moist, not viscid, white cap and subdistant gills.

• References

  Bas, C., Kyper, T.W., Noordeloos, M.E. & Vellinga, E.C. (1990). Flora Agaricina Neerlandica -- Critical monographs on the families of agarics and boleti occuring in the Netherlands. Volume 2. Pluteaceae, Tricholomataceae. A. A. Balkema: Rotterdam, Netherlands. 137 p.
  Hesler, L.R. & Smith, A.H. (1963). North American Species of Hygrophorus. University of Tennessee Press: Knoxville, TN. 416 p.
  Largent, D.L. (1985). The Agaricales (Gilled Fungi) of California. 5. Hygrophoraceae. Mad River Press: Eureka, CA. 208 p.

• Other Descriptions and Photos
• Boleslaw Kuznik: Camarophyllus russocoriaceus (CP)
• Michael Wood: Camarophyllus russocoriaceus (CP)
• Michael Wood: Camarophyllus russocoriaceus (CP)
• Michael Wood: Camarophyllus russocoriaceus (CP) -- closeup of the widely spaced gills
• Boleslaw Kuznik -- Hunting for Mushrooms: Camarophyllus russocoriaceus (CP)
• Mushroom Observer: Camarophyllus russocoriaceus (CP)
• Arora (1986): p. 109 (D), p. 120 (P)
• Breitenbach & Kränzlin (vol. 3): sp. 77 (D, I, & CP)
• Jordan: p. 131 (D & CP)



(D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)