Hygrocybe intermedia (Pass.) Fayod
(Fibrous Waxcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrocybe intermedia (Fibrous Waxcap)
SubgenusHygrocybe ss. (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)
Records of Hygrocybe intermedia (Fibrous Waxcap) :
1: Hygrocybe intermedia (Fibrous Waxcap)
9 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
in short fertile grassland with clover
Image 1: Fruitbody - damaged - lain down to show stipe - close-upImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down to show cap - close-up
2: Hygrocybe intermedia (Fibrous Waxcap)
23 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
cluster of 4 fruitbodies in grass
Image 1: Cap - close-upImage 2: Cap - close-up (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - side views showing gills - pale backgroundImage 4: Fruitbody - LSImage 5: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - pale backgroundImage 6: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - pale background (2)Image 7: Gills - close-upImage 8: Gill trama squash - magnifiedImage 9: Gill trama squash - microscope low magnificationImage 10: Spores - magnifiedImage 11: Spores - magnified (2)Image 12: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 13: Spores - highly magnified (2)
3: Hygrocybe intermedia (Fibrous Waxcap)
21 Oct 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
in grass on south-facing slope
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap (2)Image 3: Cap - dryImage 4: Cap - dry - surface - close-upImage 5: Cap - LSImage 6: Cap - surface - close-upImage 7: Cap - surface - close-up (2)Image 8: Cap - surface - young - close-upImage 9: FruitbodyImage 10: Fruitbody (2)Image 11: Fruitbody - LSImage 12: Fruitbody - undersideImage 13: Fruitbody - underside (2)Image 14: Fruitbody - youngImage 15: Fruitbody - young (2)Image 16: Fruitbody - young (3)Image 17: Gill - close-upImage 18: GillsImage 19: Gills - close-upImage 20: StipeImage 21: Stipe - close-upImage 22: Spores - magnifiedImage 23: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 24: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 25: Spores - highly magnified (3)

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

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

A large orange to reddish waxcap with characteristically fibrillose cap and stipe. It grows in unimproved grassland but not commonly.

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