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Hygrophorus hypothejus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Fagyálló csigagomba, Gelbblättriger Frostschneckling, Herald of Winter, Hygrophore ŕ lames soufre, Hygrophorus hypothejus var. aureus
Hygrophorus hypothejus Mushroom
Ref No: 8308
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Hygrophorus hypothejus2 Mushroom
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Hygrophorus hypothejus var. aureus Mushroom
Ref No: 21827
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Yellow, Brown, Orange
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Hygrophorus hypothejus (Fr. ex Fr.) Fr. syn. Limacium hypothejum (Fr. ex Fr.) Kummer. Hygrophore ŕ lames soufre, Gelbblättriger Frostschneckling, Fagyálló csigagomba, Igroforo die pini, Dennelsijmkop, Herald of Winter. Hygrophorus hypothejus var. aureus, has now been sunk, the last two pictures illustrated were sent to me under this name by Miroslaw Wantoch-Rekowski. Cap 3–6cm across, hemispherical then flattening, sometimes with depressed centre, olive-brown with paler margin, to bright orange, slimy. Stem 40–70 x 7–14mm, whitish tinged yellow or orange, slimy below the ring-like zone. Flesh whitish to pale yellow bruising orange-red. Gills decurrent, pale yellow. Spore print white. Spores ellipsoid to ovoid, 7–9 x 4–5m. Habitat in pinewoods. Season late autumn, often appearing after the first frosts. Common. Edible – not recommended. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe.

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Marjan Kustera (Yugoslavia) - 04 April 2011

Find and photo Marjan Kustera,Serbia,11.11.2009.
Hygrophorus hypothejus var. aureus 2
Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 25 November 2010

Wyrowno/Lipusza.Kaszuby Poland
Hygrophorus hypothejus var. aureus 2
Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 07 October 2009

Hungarian name, Fagyállo csigagomba
Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 24 October 2008

Hygrophorus hypothejus var. aureus 2
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