Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrophorus cossus (Sowerby) Fr.
Synonyms: Agaricus cossus
Hygrophorus cossus var. quercetorum
Hygrophorus eburneus var. cossus
Hygrophorus eburneus var. quercetorum
Hygrophorus eburneus var. quercuum
Hygrophorus quercetorum
Hygrophorus quercorum
Hygrophorus quercuum
Limacium cossus
Limacium eburneum var. cossus
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An ectomycorrhizal species
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Hygrophorus cossus

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (1)
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Soil (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
October (1)