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Hygrocybe (Fr.) P. Kumm., 1871 (waxcaps)
| Notes (MWS) | In Europe, the waxcaps are principally toadstools of unimproved grassland although in North America they are mainly found woodland. Many of our species are large and strikingly bright coloured, although the colour can be washed out by rain or bleached by sunlight. Characterised by distant thick and waxy gills (hence "waxcap") and microscopically by long slender basidia. |
Sets of Photographs
These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.
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| Hygrocybe? | Fruitbody on pale background | 7 | 4 | 3 | 13 Oct 2006 | Derby | England | |
| Hygrocybe | Fruitbody | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 Jun 1979 | Surrey | England | |
| Hygrocybe | Fruitbody | 3 | 3 | 22 Aug 1978 | (Scotland) | Scotland |
Subtaxa
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| Subgenus | Cuphophyllus (a group of waxcaps) | 7 | |||||
| Section (Bot.) | Cuphophyllus ss. Donk (a group of waxcaps) | 7 | 78 | 29 | 14 | 23 | 1 |
| Subgenus | Hygrocybe ss. Bon (a group of waxcaps) | 13 | |||||
| Section (Bot.) | Chlorophanae (Herink) Arnolds (a group of waxcaps) | 4 | 43 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 4 |
| Section (Bot.) | Hygrocybe (ss.) Bon (a group of waxcaps) | 7 | 106 | 55 | 21 | 23 | 4 |
| Section (Bot.) | Microsporae Boertm., 1995 (a group of waxcaps) | 2 | 40 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 |
| Subgenus | Pseudohygrocybe (a group of waxcaps) | 24 | |||||
| Section (Bot.) | Coccineae Fayod (a group of waxcaps) | 15 | 195 | 169 | 44 | 35 | 9 |
| Section (Bot.) | Glutinosae Kuhner (a group of waxcaps) | 5 | 45 | 33 | 22 | 4 | |
| Section (Bot.) | Neohygrocybe Herink (a group of waxcaps) | 4 | 26 | 2 | 1 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Arnolds, E., 1990 | Tribus Hygrocybeae (Kühner) Bas & Arnolds in FAN 2 |
| Bas, C., Kuper, T.W., Noordeloos, M.E. and Vellinga, E.C., 1990 | Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 2 |
| Boertmann, D., 1995 | The Genus Hygrocybe |
| Bon, M., 1990 | Hygrophoraceae |
| Candusso, M., 1994 | Hygrophorus |
| Waxcap Website: http://www.aber.ac.uk/waxcap/index.shtml | Waxcap Website |
| Orton, P.D., 1980 | Notes on British Agarics: VII |
Waxcap Grasslands | |
| Henrici, A., 1996 | Waxcap-grassland Fungi |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 23 general literature references to Hygrocybe (waxcaps)
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