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Hygrocybe cantharellus (Schwein.) Murrill, 1911 (Goblet Waxcap)

Notes (MWS)	A small reddish or orange 'waxcap' with a dry squamulose or tomentose cap and pale decurrent gills. The toadstool is common and widespread occurring in troops in grassland and also on fixed dunes, in woods, in Alder (Alnus) carr and occasionally in Sphagnum bogs.
British records	668

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Hygrocybe cantharellus	Fruitbody	12 October 2006	Derby	England	4
Hygrocybe cantharellus	Fruitbody	8 October 1998	Berks	England		11
Hygrocybe cantharellus	Fruitbody	27 June 1998	Berks	England		19
Hygrocybe cantharellus	Fruitbody	7 October 1983	North Wiltshire	England	6

Hygrocybe cantharellus may be covered by literature listed under:

Hygrocybe cantharellus is associated with:

fruitbody	Bryopsida - mosses	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]
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]
fruitbody	Alnus - alders (Betulaceae)	fruitbody is associated with	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Betula - birches (Betulaceae)	fruitbody is associated with	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody	Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees	fruitbody is associated with	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

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

Associated with Hygrocybe cantharellus:

Hygrocybe cantharellus may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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