I-Hygrophoraceae umndeni wesikhunta ohlanganisa izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene ze-agarics, noma amakhowe agayiwe. Lawa makhowe ngokuvamile atholakala ekhula ezindaweni ezimanzi noma ezinomswakama njengamahlathi, izindawo ezingamaxhaphozi nezimfunda. Umndeni we-Hygrophoraceae ubonakala ngokuba khona kweveyili ehlukile noma ingxenye ethile evala amagobolondo lapho ikhowe lincane, futhi ngokunamathiselwa kwesiqu ekepisini eliseduze nendawo ephakathi kwekepisi (okwaziwa ngokuthi okunamathiselwe "eccentric") . Izinhlobo eziningi kulo mndeni ziyadliwa futhi zivunwa ukuze zidliwe, kanti ezinye zinoshevu futhi akufanele zidliwe.