Hygrophorus sordidus

Appearance

Cap: 5-10 cm; convex when young, becoming broadly convex or nearly flat; slimy; bald; white, sometimes developing a dingy yellowish center with age.

Gills: Attached to the stem or beginning to run down it; nearly distant; white, unchanging or becoming slightly yellowish with age.

Stem: 5-8 cm long; up to 2 cm thick; more or less equal above a tapered base; dry; bald, or finely hairy toward the apex; whitish, becoming a little brownish where handled.

Flesh: White; unchanging.

Odor and Taste: Not distinctive.

Distribution

Fairly widely distributed in eastern North America's oak-hickory forests, and reported in California

Habitat

Mycorrhizal with oaks; growing gregariously; summer and fall