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Herald Of Winter

Hygrophorus hypothejus · Family Hygrophoraceae · Updated October 2026

400US records

25states

Octbusiest month

400 US records since 1896 (75 in the last 10 years)

Last seen Dec 26, 2025 (about 10 months ago) near Knoxville, Knox County, TN, photographed by an iNaturalist user, with the ID agreed on by other iNaturalist users (research grade). Most US records come from New Jersey, California and North Carolina, and the busiest months are Oct, Sep and Dec. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)

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When it's recorded

Records by month, all years. Busiest: Oct, Sep, Dec.

Where it's recorded

State	Records	Latest sighting
New Jersey	191	Nov 3, 2019
California	57	Mar 9, 2014
North Carolina	26	Jan 2, 2011
Pennsylvania	22	2019
Tennessee	20	Dec 26, 2025
Maryland	15	Jan 1, 1972
Idaho	9	Sep 11, 1976
Oregon	8	Oct 12, 2018
Alabama	8	Dec 16, 1900
Texas	6	Dec 30, 2006
Massachusetts	5	Nov 5, 2021
Michigan	5	Oct 7, 1962

Top counties

Sussex County, NJ (36) · latest Sep 28, 2019
Ocean County, NJ (29) · latest Oct 26, 2019
Mercer County, NJ (23) · latest May 4, 2019
Morris County, NJ (22) · latest Jul 20, 2019
Orange County, NC (21) · latest Nov 29, 2006
Mendocino County, CA (19) · latest Dec 8, 2007
Burlington County, NJ (19) · latest Oct 6, 2018
Knox County, TN (16) · latest Dec 26, 2025
Sierra County, CA (16) · latest Oct 1, 2011
Hunterdon County, NJ (15) · latest Aug 25, 2019

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