Hygrophorus late (Hygrophorus hypothejus)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Hygrophoraceae (Hygrophoraceae)
- Genus: Hygrophorus
- Type: Hygrophorus hypothejus (Late Hygrophorus)
- Gigrofor brown
- Mokritsa
- Slastena
Late Hygrophorus hat:
2-5 cm in diameter, in young mushrooms it is flat or slightly convex, with folded edges, with age it becomes funnel-shaped with a characteristic small tubercle in the center. The color is yellow-brown, often with an olive tint (especially in young, well-moistened specimens), the surface is very slimy, smooth. The flesh of the cap is soft, whitish, without a special smell and taste.
Records:
Yellowish, rather sparse, forked, deeply descending along the stem.
Spore powder:
White.
Leg of Hygrophorus late:
Long and relatively thin (height 4-10 cm, thickness 0,5-1 cm), cylindrical, often sinuous, solid, yellowish, with a more or less mucous surface.
Spread:
Late hygrophorus occurs from mid-September until late autumn, not afraid of frost and the first snow, in coniferous and mixed forests, adjacent to pine. Often grows in mosses, hiding in them up to the very hat; at the right time it can bear fruit in large groups.
Similar species:
Of the widespread species, the late Hygrophorus is similar to the white-olive Hygrophorus (Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus), a little similar to Hygrophorus hypothejus, but it has a characteristic striped leg. How many small late hygrophores actually exist, hardly anyone knows.
Edibility:
Hygrophorus brown – quite edible, despite the small size, mushroom;
the special time of fruiting gives it great value in the eyes of harvesters.
Video about the late Hygrofor mushroom:
