BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Hygrocybe mucronella (Fr.) P. Karst., 1879 (Bitter Waxcap)
| Notes (MWS) | A small, reddish to orange waxcap, which is at first viscid or greasy on both cap and stem, but soon dry at least on the cap. Gills deep orange. The bitter taste and irregularly-shaped spores are diagnostic. The toadstool is uncommon but widespread occurring in small troops in grassland, unfertilised lawns, fixed dunes and on rich soil in rich deciduous scrub and woodland. It was formely known as Hygrocybe reai. |
| British records | 327 |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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| Hygrocybe mucronella? | Fruitbody | 12 October 2006 | Derby | England | 5 | ||
| Hygrocybe mucronella | Fruitbody | 17 October 2004 | Cambridge | England | 4 | 5 | |
| Hygrocybe mucronella | Fruitbody | 26 October 1998 | Berks | England | 13 | 5 | |
| Hygrocybe mucronella | Fruitbody | 8 October 1998 | Berks | England | 11 | 3 | |
| Hygrocybe mucronella | Fruitbody | 5 November 1978 | Surrey | England | 4 |
Suggested Literature
Hygrocybe mucronella may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Hygrocybe mucronella 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 mucronella listed at higher taxonomic level
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Hygrocybe (waxcaps) |
Associated with Hygrocybe mucronella:
Hygrocybe mucronella 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 |
