Hygrocybe fornicata (Fr.) Singer
(Earthy Waxcap)

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ID refs
Hygrocybe fornicata var fornicata
Earthy Waxcap
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 		Variety 10 images
Hygrocybe fornicata var lepidopus
an earthy waxcap
Variety 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrocybe fornicata (Earthy Waxcap)
SubgenusPseudohygrocybe (a subgenus of waxcaps)
GenusHygrocybe (waxcaps, waxcap mushrooms)
FamilyHYGROPHORACEAE (waxcaps and woodwaxes)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Hygrocybe fornicata (Earthy Waxcap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hygrocybe fornicata (Earthy Waxcap)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hygrocybe fornicata (Earthy Waxcap)

An uncommon, dull-coloured waxcap, it has a whitish, greyish or greyish brown cap, white adnate or emarginate gills and a white stipe. The edges sometimes turn slowly reddish when bruised. It grows in clusters or small groups in unimproved grassland and fixed dunes as well as frondose woodland on rich soils.

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