Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae: Hygrophorus hypothejus (Fr.) Fr.

Hygrophorus hypothejus – herald of winter

Synonyms: Agaricus hypothejus, Hygrophorus aureus, Limacium aureum, Limacium hypothejum, Limacium vitellum.

Common name: herald of winter.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Hygrophorus hypothejus, commonly known as the olive-brown waxy cap, or herald of the winter, is an edible species of fungus in the genus Hygrophorus native to Europe. It appears in late autumn in coniferous forests, often with the first frosts.

Basque: Negu-ezko, Czech: Šťavnatka pomrazka, Dutch: Dennenslijmkop, Estonian: Sügis-limanutt, Finnish: Hallavahakas, German: Frost-Schneckling, Hungarian: Fagyálló csigagomba, Latvian: Salnas gliemezene, Lithuanian: Šalninė guotė, Polish: Wodnicha późna, Russian: Гигрофор поздний, Serbian: Жута пужевица, Swedish: Frostvaxskivling, Ukrainian: Гігрофор пізній, Welsh: Cap cwyr tegyll melyn.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Caps of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus or may be H. persoonii, H. bakerensis behind third creek (going counter clockwise) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States

Underside of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States

Gills of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States

Cross section of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States

Tissues (in Congo Red) of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024

Cystidia and basidia of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024

Basidia with immature spores of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024

Spores (in lugol) of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024

Spores (in KOH) of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.
• There is a Wikipedia article about this species.

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