Extract from Wikipedia article: Hygrophorus hypothejus, commonly known as the olive-brown waxy cap, or herald of the winter, is an edible species of fungus in the genus Hygrophorus native to Europe. It appears in late autumn in coniferous forests, often with the first frosts.
Caps of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus or may be H. persoonii, H. bakerensis behind third creek (going counter clockwise) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Underside of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Gills of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Cross section of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Tissues (in Congo Red) of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
Cystidia and basidia of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
Basidia with immature spores of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
Spores (in lugol) of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
Spores (in KOH) of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024