BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Hygrocybe phaeococcinea (Arnolds) Bon, 1985 (a waxcap)
| Notes (MWS) | A distinctive red waxcap with a blackish coating on the cap. It grows in unimproved grassland, dunes and peaty soil. It is uncommon but widespread. |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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| Hygrocybe phaeococcinea | Fruitbodies on pale background, cap cuticle, spores. | 31 October 2005 | Berks | England | 3 | 7 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Russell, P., 2005 (Photograph) | Grassland Fungi and the Management History of St. Dunstan's Farm |
Hygrocybe phaeococcinea may also be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Hygrocybe phaeococcinea 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 phaeococcinea listed at higher taxonomic level
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Hygrocybe (waxcaps) |
Associated with Hygrocybe phaeococcinea:
Hygrocybe phaeococcinea 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 |
