hygrophorus caeruleus

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   a fungus with a broadly convex cap that is cream color with a tint of blue over the margin; waxy gills are bluish green to blue-grey; a short stalk tapers abruptly at the base

   Broaderwaxycap

   Part ofHygrophorus

Questions about hygrophorus caeruleus

What does hygrophorus caeruleus mean?

hygrophorus caeruleus means "a fungus with a broadly convex cap that is cream color with a tint of blue over the margin; waxy gills are bluish green to blue-grey; a short stalk tapers abruptly at the base".

Is hygrophorus caeruleus a common word?

hygrophorus caeruleus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.