BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens R. Haller Aar., 1954 (Orange Waxcap)
| Notes (MWS) | A medium-sized, orange-yellow to orange-red waxcap with a sticky, slightly hygrophanous and pellucid-striate cap and a dry stipe which is often covered with a white pruina. A rare species of unimproved grassland, it has also been found in decidous woodland and scrub. |
| British records | 186 |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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| Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens | Fruitbody | 31 October 2006 | Stafford | England | 2 |
| Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens? | Fruitbody on pale background | 13 October 2006 | Derby | England | 4 |
| Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens? | Fruitbody | 12 October 2006 | Derby | England | 4 |
| Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens? | Fruitbody | 21 September 2006 | Stafford | England | 3 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Long, P., 2002 | Leicestershire Lawns |
Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens may also be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens is associated with:
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fruitbody | Poaceae - grasses - formerly Graminae | fruitbody is associated with | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on acidic soil in unimproved grassland] |
There may be more taxa associated with Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens listed at higher taxonomic level
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Hygrocybe (waxcaps) |
Associated with Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens:
Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens 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 |
