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Hygrocybe quieta (Kühner) Singer, 1951 (Oily Waxcap)

Notes (MWS)	A large yellow waxcap, which makes your hands smell of bugs after handling it. It is found in unfertilised grassland as well as frondose woodland and scrub, especially Hazel (Corylus).
British records	1198
Diagnostic features	Best recognised by the dry cap and stem which are yellow or orange-yellow, and generally distinct orange when you peer between the gills. It has a weak oily smell ("bed bugs" - like Lactarius quietus), but if you firmly squeeze the cap margin and gills between your fingers then rub your fingers together, after a few seconds it gets much stronger. There seems to be a reaction with human skin/sweat. (Thanks to Geoffrey Kibby for this tip)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Hygrocybe quieta	Fruitbody	11 October 2006	Stafford	England	5	3
Hygrocybe quieta?	Fruitbody	8 October 2006	Stafford	England	3
Hygrocybe quieta	Fruitbody	21 September 2006	Stafford	England	7	2
Hygrocybe quieta	Fruitbody	10 October 1983	North Wiltshire	England	6

Three new British Agaric records

Hygrocybe quieta may also be covered by literature listed under:

Hygrocybe quieta is associated with:

	fruitbody	Poaceae - grasses - formerly Graminae	fruitbody is associated with live		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on soil in unimproved grassland]
	fruitbody	Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees	fruitbody is associated with live		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on base-rich soil]

There may be more taxa associated with Hygrocybe quieta listed at higher taxonomic level

Associated with Hygrocybe quieta:

Hygrocybe quieta may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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