hygrophorus purpurascens

1. 1.

   a fungus with a viscid purplish red cap and stalk; found under spruce and other conifers

   Broaderwaxycap

   Part ofHygrophorus

Questions about hygrophorus purpurascens

What does hygrophorus purpurascens mean?

hygrophorus purpurascens means "a fungus with a viscid purplish red cap and stalk; found under spruce and other conifers".

Is hygrophorus purpurascens a common word?

hygrophorus purpurascens 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.