Hygrophorus snow white (Cuphophyllus virgineus)
- Vaega: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Vaevaega: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Vasega: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Vasega laiti: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Poloaiga: Agaricales (Agaric poʻo Lamellar)
- Aiga: Hygrophoraceae (Hygrophoraceae)
- Rod: Cuphophyllus
- ituaiga: Cuphophyllus virgineus (Snow white hygrophorus)
Fa'amatalaga i fafo
Mushroom with small white fruiting bodies. At first, a convex, then prostrate hat with a diameter of 1-3 cm, by old age the middle is pressed in, has a translucent or ribbed edge, wavy-curved, thin, sometimes sticky, pure white, then whitish. Rare white plates descending to a cylindrical, smooth, widening at the top leg 2-4 mm thick and 2-4 cm long. Ellipsoid, smooth, colorless spores 8-12 x 5-6 microns.
Mea'ai
'aina.
Nofoaga
Grows profusely on soil in grass on vast pastures, meadows, in old parks overgrown with grass, rarely found in light forests.
tau
Summer autumn.
Ituaiga tutusa
It is similar to the edible hygrophorus maiden, which is distinguished by larger, drier, rather fleshy fruiting bodies.