Hygrophorus chrysodon  — Golden Wax-cap — Hygrophoraceae

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Small to medium mushroom. Convex cap, margin inrolled, aging to planar, umbonate, smooth surface, viscid when wet. White with yellow flakes. Stalk whitish with orange granules on a ring. Decurrent gills, separated, white. Veil remains on stalk. Saprophytic.
 
Habitat: Scattered to large groups, Douglas-fir and Western hemlock forest.

Scent: Not distinctive

Spores: White

Season: Autumn

Clusters on debris
Robin Hill Park

Orange granules on stalk
Robin Hill Park

Separated gills
Robin Hill Park

Whitish cap with yellow flakes
Robin Hill Park