Hygrocybe russocoriacea (Berk. & T.K. Mill.) P.D. Orton & Watling
(Cedarwood Waxcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrocybe russocoriacea (Cedarwood Waxcap)
SubgenusCuphophyllus (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 russocoriacea (Cedarwood Waxcap) :
1: Hygrocybe russocoriacea (Cedarwood Waxcap)
25 Oct 2005 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
3 fruitbodies, in moss, beside Gorse bush . Photos: toadstools
Image 1: Fruitbodies - arrangedImage 2: Fruitbodies - in situ - close-up
2: Hygrocybe russocoriacea (Cedarwood Waxcap)
29 Sep 1979 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
in heathy grass
Image 1: Fruitbodies - side views showing gills - lain downImage 2: Cap - oblique view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 4: Description
3: Hygrocybe russocoriacea (Cedarwood Waxcap)
4 Nov 1978 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
in short rabbit-grazed turf
Image 1: Fruitbodies - side view - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - side view showing gills - lain downImage 3: Fruitbody - top view - in situ - enlargedImage 4: Description
4: Hygrocybe russocoriacea (Cedarwood Waxcap)
4 Nov 1978 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
in short grass of path
Image 1: CollectionImage 2: Fruitbodies - side viewImage 3: Description

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

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

A small whitish to pale buff waxcap with decurrent gills and a strong characteristic smell of Russian leather (old book bindings) or cedar wood. It often grows in troops in unfertilised grassland, in fixed dunes and occasionally at roadsides. It usually appears late in the season and is widespread but uncommon.

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Appears to follow a western distribution with few records in the east of England.

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