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Ebony woodwax
Hygrophorus latitabundus
In Spanish: Llanega negra, Llenega negra, Babosa, Llanega, Babosa negra, Seta de congrio, Llanera, Baboso negro · In Catalan: Llenega negra, Llenega, Llenega fosca, Mocosa, Llanega negra, Llenegall, Senyoreta · In Galician: Limago cinzo, Limago
Photo: Paffka / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Giacomo Bresadola / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Photo: Holger Krisp / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
Photo: A.Aguilera / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Pau Cabot / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Benutzer:Paffka / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
A large woodwax with an olive-brown, heavily slimy cap, thick waxy white gills and a slimy stem banded with dark scales. White, firm flesh. The slime is washed off before cooking.
Quick facts
- Scientific name
- Hygrophorus latitabundus Britzelm. (1899)
- Family
- Hygrophoraceae
- Edibility
- Edible
- Season
- Oct–Dec
- Usual altitude
- 196–1,190 m
- Under which trees
- Pine
- IUCN Red List
- Not evaluated (NE)
Where it grows
Mediterranean pinewoods on limestone — Aleppo and black pine, often on needle litter. October to December.
When it has been found
Finds recorded in Spain, by month: 304 in all, from GBIF. They show when it fruits, and also when people go looking.
Where it has been found
Each square is an area of about 20 km with recorded finds; the darker, the more finds. It does not pinpoint patches: for where it is coming up now, see the forecast map.
Where it comes up
Areas where this species is scoring highest right now.
- Moianès ComarcasExcellent · peak excellent
- Lluçanès ComarcasExcellent · peak excellent
- Berguedà ComarcasGood · peak excellent
- Solsonés ComarcasGood · peak excellent
- Ripollés ComarcasGood · peak excellent
- Bages ComarcasGood · peak excellent
- Osona ComarcasGood · peak excellent
- Anoia ComarcasModerate · peak excellent
In guides and news
- Cataluña, 17–18 October: conditions better than a week ago
State of the forest
Sources
The usual altitude and the trees come from our own fit of the model to those finds and to the Spanish Forest Map (Mapa Forestal de España).
Would you know them from a photograph? →
The description is for reference. Identifying a mushroom from a photograph is unreliable: do not eat anything you are not sure of.