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Hygrophorus hypothejus (Fr.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 324 (1838) [1836-1838]

Agaricus hypothejus Fr., Observ. mycol. (Leipzig) 2: 10 (1818)
Hygrophorus aureus Arrh., Monogr. Hymenomyc. Suec. 2: 127 (1863)
Hygrophorus hypothejus var. expallens Boud., Icon. mycol. (Paris) 1: tab. 33 (1905)
Hygrophorus hypothejus var. aureus (Arrh.) Imler, Bull. trimest. Soc. mycol. Fr. 50: 304 (1935) [1934]

Habitat: On acidic soil with conifers, usually Pinus spp. and rarely Larix spp. Rarely recorded with deciduous trees such as Betula spp. Usually fruits at the start of the colder months.

Notes: Occasional but widespread and may be locally common.

Distribution: E: o, S: o, W: o, NI: o, ROI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 25231; Scotland: K(M) 92897; NI: K(M) 127216

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 59
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 126, pl. 115
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 89
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 119
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 171
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 2: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Pleurotaceae, Pluteaceae, and Tricholomataceae 1, (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 2: 137 pp. (1990), as Hygrophorus hypothejus var. hypothejus, p. 127-128
D+I:, in Candusso, M., Fungi Europaei 6: Hygrophorus s.l. 6: 784 pp. (1997), p. 228-232, pl. p.710
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 3 3: 634 pp. (2001), p. 101

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