Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hygrophorus pinophilus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hygrophorus agathosmus
- Hygrophorus agathosmoides
- Hygrophorus arbustivus
- Hygrophorus limacinus
- Hygrophorus pustulatus
- Tricholoma saponaceum — considered toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Hygrophoraceae
- Genus
- Hygrophorus
- Species
- Hygrophorus pinophilus
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