BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Hygrocybe spadicea (Scop.) P. Karst., 1879 (Date Waxcap)
| Notes (MWS) | A very rare and distinctive waxcap with a date brown cap and yellow gills. It grows in unfertilised grassland often on the sunniest south-facing slopes, or in sites with exposed limestone. It had a very good year in 2006, fruiting after several years' absence at most of its historic sites and appearing at several new ones. |
| BAP Species | Tranche 2, Feb 1999 |
| British records | 41 |
| 1992 (Provisional) Red Data List | Vulnerable |
| 2007 (Draft) Red Data List | NT |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hygrocybe spadicea | Fruitbody | 23 September 2006 | Derby | England | 2 |
| Hygrocybe spadicea | Fruitbody | 19 September 2006 | Derby | England | 2 |
| Hygrocybe spadicea | Fruitbody | 19 September 2006 | Derby | England | 5 |
| Hygrocybe spadicea | Fruitbody | 18 September 2006 | Derby | England | 5 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Storey, M., 2007 | Readers Finds: Hygrocybe spadicea |
General Works
| Evans, S., 2003 (BAP species) | Conservation Corner (April 2000) |
Hygrocybe spadicea may also be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Hygrocybe spadicea 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 grassland] |
There may be more taxa associated with Hygrocybe spadicea listed at higher taxonomic level
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Hygrocybe (waxcaps) |
Associated with Hygrocybe spadicea:
Hygrocybe spadicea 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 |
