BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Hygrocybe pratensis var. pallida (Cooke) Arnolds, 1985 (Pale Waxcap)
| Notes (MWS) | The white variety, or perhaps a sister species, of Meadow Waxcap is restricted to unfertilised grassland where it is much less common than the Meadow Waxcap itself. It was previously called Hygrocybe berkelyi. |
| British records | 310 |
Suggested Literature
Hygrocybe pratensis var. pallida may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Hygrocybe pratensis var. pallida is associated with:
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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] |
There may be more taxa associated with Hygrocybe pratensis var. pallida listed at higher taxonomic level
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Hygrocybe (waxcaps) |
Associated with Hygrocybe pratensis var. pallida:
Hygrocybe pratensis var. pallida may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) |
AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools) |
Hygrocybe pratensis (Meadow Waxcap) |
References
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
