Hygrophorus hypothejus    (Fr.:Fr.) Fr. 

common name(s) : Herald Of Winter, Herald of Winter, Yellow-Gilled Wax Cap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales [sub-genus:Limacium section:Ligati ]  

synonyms: Limacium hypothejum 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Limacium hypothejus)  

edibility : discard

photo gallery of  Hygrophorus hypothejus
photo gallery of  Hygrophorus hypothejus potential confusions with  Hygrophorus hypothejus toxicity of Hygrophorus hypothejus genus Hygrophorus  

The cap is dark olive brown. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky.

The stem is white then yellowish, brown.

The flesh is white to yellow under the cap surface, turning red when exposed to air; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive or fruity; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white then yellow, decurrent, distant (nb of gills per 90° ~ 14 ). The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, on a rather acid soil, with pines.

The fruiting period takes place from October to March.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 1 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 8 mm (between 3 and 14 mm)

Chemical tests : no reaction when in contact with potash.

Distinctive features : yellow gills; late in the season

Hygrophorus hypothejus is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Hygrophorus hypothejus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Hygrophorus hypothejus in the forest of Rambouillet



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