Cedarwood Waxcap

Cuphophyllus russocoriaceus

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About this fungus

Cedarwood Waxcap is listed in the Shroomify field guide as a gills fungus in the Hygrophoraceae family. Nutrient-poor grassland, heaths and dunes in Europe; woodland soil in parts of North America.

A note on identification
This profile is a guide rather than a guarantee. If you are considering eating a wild mushroom, check the whole specimen and its possible lookalikes carefully. Do not eat it if you are unsure of the identification.

Species to compare

Names recorded in the Shroomify catalogue as potentially similar:

What the records suggest about Cedarwood Waxcap

The project has analysed over a million matched fungal events from Europe and North America alongside weather and habitat data. The patterns may be useful wherever the same fungus occurs, but local climate, trees and soils can change the response.

Elevation

Records tended to come from lower ground, about 120 metres below the average elevation of fungal records in the study.

Weather or season?

The normal seasonal pattern is the more useful guide here. No short-term weather effect passed the project’s checks for a clear, repeatable link.