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Hygrocybe virginea (Wulfen) P.D. Orton & Watling, 1969 (Snowy Waxcap)

Indicator value Little indicator value as it is more tolerant of fertilizers than other species of waxcaps.

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #webs
Variety Hygrocybe virginea var. fuscescens (Bres.) Arnolds, 1985 (a snowy waxcap)     1
Variety Hygrocybe virginea var. ochraceopallida (P.D. Orton) Boertm., 1995 (a snowy waxcap) 6 3 1
Variety Hygrocybe virginea var. virginea (Wulfen) P.D. Orton & Watling, 1969 (Snowy Waxcap) 5 17 2

Suggested Literature

General Works

Henrici, A., 2002 (pink infection formerly called var roseipes) Notes and Records (Jan 2002)

Hygrocybe virginea may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)
Hygrocybe
(waxcaps)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Hygrocybe virginea is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Hygrocybe virginea listed at higher taxonomic level

Hygrocybe
(waxcaps)

Associated with Hygrocybe virginea:

gill gill is parasitised by colony of Paecilomyces anamorph Paecilomyces marquandii - an anamorphic fungus (Eurotiales: Trichocomaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

Hygrocybe virginea may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook

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