Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrophorus hypothejus (Fr.) Fr.

Synonyms:

Agaricus hypothejus Hygrophorus aureus Hygrophorus hypothejus var. aureus Hygrophorus hypothejus var. expallens Hygrophorus hypothejus var. hypothejus Limacium hypothejum Limacium vitellum

Common Name:

Herald of Winter

An ectomycorrhizal species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Pinus sylvestris (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Woodland: coniferous (2) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (4)

Months recorded in & number of records: October (2) November (5) December (1)