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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae: Hygrophorus hypothejus (Fr.) Fr., 1838

Hygrophorus hypothejus – Herald of winter

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

Common name: herald of winter.

Russian names: Gigrofor pozdniy, Gigrofor buryy, Mokritsa, Slastena.

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

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Herald of the winter waxcap mushrooms (<B>Hygrophorus hypothejus</B>) on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-10-01.htm">October 1, 2016</A>
LinkHerald of the winter waxcap mushrooms (Hygrophorus hypothejus) on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 1, 2016
Location on mapsul. Professora Popova, 2к1, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197022

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Acknowledgements

Russian web-forums Planeta Gribov, V Kontakte, and Griby Sredney Polosy for learning names of local mushrooms.

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