Herald of Winter - Hygrophorus hypothejus
Associated with Pine trees. The slimy caps are olive-brown to ochre-yellow, darkening with age, with pale yellow adnate/decurrent gills and yellow stipe below ring
Photograph from top down and in side view, and underneath to show gills. Note habitat and substrate.
Pine woodlands, often by paths
August to December.
Widespread in Britain.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
04 November 2015
specimen examined
by R Iliffe
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
04 November 2015
specimen examined
by R Iliffe
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Species profile
- Common names
- Herald Of Winter
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Hygrophoraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 04/11/2015 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 04/11/2015 (Calow, Graham)
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