BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Hygrocybe chlorophana (Fr.) Wünsche, 1877 (Golden Waxcap)
| Notes (MWS) | A medium-sized yellow waxcap with a greasy cap, adnexed gills and a dry stem which becomes moist when handled. Microscopically it is characterised by broad ellipsoid spores and long cells in the gills trama. The toadstool is common and widespread occurring in troops, sometimes clustered, in grassland, unfertilised lawns and in fixed dunes. The yellow waxcaps have been much confused in the past and old records should be treated with caution. |
| British records | 2609 |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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| Hygrocybe chlorophana | Fruitbody | 31 October 2006 | Stafford | England | 1 | ||
| Hygrocybe chlorophana? | Fruitbody - lain down on pale background (record shots) | 14 October 2006 | Stafford | England | 6 | ||
| Hygrocybe chlorophana? | Fruitbody on pale background | 13 October 2006 | Derby | England | 6 | ||
| Hygrocybe chlorophana | Fruitbody on pale background | 13 October 2006 | Derby | England | 5 | 2 | |
| Hygrocybe chlorophana? | Fruitbody | 21 September 2006 | Stafford | England | 4 | ||
| Hygrocybe chlorophana | Fruitbody | 3 November 1998 | Berks | England | 10 | 2 | |
| Hygrocybe chlorophana | Fruitbody | 3 November 1998 | Berks | England | 6 | 2 | |
| Hygrocybe chlorophana | Fruitbody | 21 October 1998 | Oxon | England | 16 | 1 | |
| Hygrocybe chlorophana | Fruitbody | 8 May 1998 | Berks | England | 8 | ||
| Hygrocybe chlorophana | Fruitbody | 18 October 1997 | North Wiltshire | England | 5 | ||
| Hygrocybe chlorophana | Fruitbody | 29 October 1978 | Surrey | England | 2 | ||
| Hygrocybe chlorophana? | Fruitbody | 28 October 1977 | Berks | England | 5 |
Suggested Literature
Hygrocybe chlorophana may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Hygrocybe chlorophana is associated with:
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fruitbody | Poaceae - grasses - formerly Graminae | fruitbody is associated with live | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on soil in unimproved grassland] |
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fruitbody | Corylus - hazels (Betulaceae) | fruitbody is associated with | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
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fruitbody | Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn, Sloe (Rosaceae) | fruitbody is associated with |
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
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fruitbody | Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees | fruitbody is associated with |
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
There may be more taxa associated with Hygrocybe chlorophana listed at higher taxonomic level
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Hygrocybe (waxcaps) |
Associated with Hygrocybe chlorophana:
Hygrocybe chlorophana 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 |
