BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Hygrocybe coccinea (Schaeff.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Scarlet Waxcap)
| Notes (MWS) | A medium-sized waxcap characterised by a lubricous, scarlet (the colour of fresh blood), +/- convex cap, broadly adnate gills and a dry stem. Common and widespread in unfertilised grassland, fixed dunes, lawns and also deciduous woodland and scrub. |
| British records | 2412 |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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| Hygrocybe coccinea | Fruitbody | 8 October 2006 | Stafford | England | 2 | 4 | |
| Hygrocybe coccinea | Fruitbody | 19 October 1998 | Berks | England | 13 | 1 | |
| Hygrocybe coccinea | Fruitbody | 13 October 1997 | Berks | England | 7 | ||
| Hygrocybe coccinea | Fruitbody | 16 October 1984 | North Wiltshire | England | 9 |
Suggested Literature
Hygrocybe coccinea may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Hygrocybe coccinea 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 and improved grassland] |
There may be more taxa associated with Hygrocybe coccinea listed at higher taxonomic level
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Hygrocybe (waxcaps) |
Associated with Hygrocybe coccinea:
Hygrocybe coccinea 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) |
References
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
