Hygrophorus melemele-keʻokeʻo (Hygrophorus eburneus)
- Māhele: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Māhele: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa haʻahaʻa: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Kauoha: Agaricales (Agaric a i ʻole Lamellar)
- ʻOhana: Hygrophoraceae (Hygrophoraceae)
- ʻAno: Hygrophorus
- Type: Hygrophorus eburneus (Hygrophorus melemele keʻokeʻo)
Hygrophorus melemele keʻokeʻo he mea ʻai ʻia ka haloʻo pāpale.
Ua ʻike nui ʻia ma ʻEulopa, ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a me ʻApelika ʻĀkau. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia e nā inoa ʻē aʻe e like me papale wax (pāpale ʻelepani) a me ka pūlima paniolo. No laila, loaʻa iā ia ka inoa ma ka Latin "eburneus", ʻo ia hoʻi ka "kala ivory".
ʻO ke kino hua o ka halo he ʻano nui ka nui. He keʻokeʻo kona kala.
ʻO ka pāpale, inā i loko o kahi ʻano pulu, ua uhi ʻia me kahi papa o ka mucus (trama), ʻoi aku ka mānoanoa nui. Hiki i kēia ke paʻakikī i ke kaʻina koho. Inā ʻoe e hoʻāʻo e ʻānai i ka halo ma waena o kou mau manamana lima, a laila i ka hoʻopā ʻana hiki ke like me ka wax. ʻO ke kino hua o ka haʻiki ka mea lawe i nā mea biologically active. ʻO kēia nā mea momona momona me ka hana antifungal a me ka hana bactericidal.