Hygrocybe ceracea (Sowerby) P. Kumm.
(Butter Waxcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap)
SubgenusPseudohygrocybe (a subgenus of waxcaps)
GenusHygrocybe (waxcaps, waxcap mushrooms)
FamilyHYGROPHORACEAE (waxcaps and woodwaxes)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Hygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap) :
1: Hygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
14 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK05 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
in long grass . Photos: Fruitbody - lain down on pale background (record shots)
Image 1: Fruitbody - lain down to show cap and stipe - pale backgroundImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down to show gills and stipe - pale backgroundImage 3: Gills and cap margin - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Stipe surface - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Stipe surface - close-up - enlarged (2)
2: Hygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap)
14 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
in short grass . Photos: Fruitbody - lain down on pale background (record shots)
Image 1: Cap - pale backgroundImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down to show cap and stipe - pale backgroundImage 3: Fruitbody - lain down to show gills and stipe - pale backgroundImage 4: Gills and stipe apex - pale backgroundImage 5: Stipe surface - detail - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Stipe surface - detail - enlarged - pale background (2)
3: Hygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap)
14 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
in short grass . Photos: Fruitbody - lain down on pale background (record shots)
Image 1: Fruitbody - lain down to show cap and stipe - pale backgroundImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down to show gills and stipe - pale backgroundImage 3: Cap surface - close-up - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Gills and stipe apex - close-up - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Gills - close-up - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Gills - close-up - enlarged - pale background (2)Image 7: Stipe - close-up - enlarged - pale background
4: Hygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap)
11 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
in short acid grassland
Image 1: Cap - LSImage 2: Fruitbodies - lain down to show caps - pale backgroundImage 3: Fruitbodies - lain down to show gills - pale backgroundImage 4: Cap centre - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Cap rim - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Gills and stipe apex - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Stipe - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Spores - magnifiedImage 9: Spores - magnified (2)Image 10: Spores - highly magnified
5: Hygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap)
11 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
in short acid grassland
Image 1: Cap - LSImage 2: Fruitbodies - lain down - pale backgroundImage 3: Gills - close-up - pale background
6: Hygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap)
21 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
old fruitbody, in medium length grass
Image 1: Cap - LSImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down to show capImage 3: Fruitbody - lain down to show gillsImage 4: Fruitbody - LS
7: Hygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap)
2 Oct 2004 OSGR: SX16 50° 30’ N, 4° 40’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
in woodland, under beech, in moss
Image 1: CollectionImage 2: Side view - in situImage 3: Cap - enlarged
8: Hygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap)
3 Nov 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap and gillsImage 3: Cap - LSImage 4: Caps - threeImage 5: FruitbodiesImage 6: Fruitbodies - threeImage 7: Fruitbodies - twoImage 8: Fruitbody - LSImage 9: GillsImage 10: Gills - close-upImage 11: Young capImage 12: SporesImage 13: Spores (2)
9: Hygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap)
8 Oct 1998 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in mown, species-rich grassland
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap (2)Image 3: Cap - dryImage 4: Cap - dry (2)Image 5: Cap - imbibedImage 6: Cap - LSImage 7: Cap - LS (2)Image 8: FruitbodiesImage 9: Fruitbodies (2)Image 10: Fruitbodies (3)Image 11: Fruitbody - LSImage 12: Fruitbody - undersideImage 13: Fruitbody - youngImage 14: Fruitbody - young - LSImage 15: GillsImage 16: Gills (2)Image 17: Gills (3)
10: Hygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap)
13 Oct 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap (2)Image 3: FruitbodyImage 4: Fruitbody (2)Image 5: Fruitbody - LSImage 6: Gills

Hygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hygrocybe ceracea (Butter Waxcap)

A small yellow waxcap with a greasy cap, adnate to decurrent gills and a dry stem. Microscopically it is characterised by short cells in the gills trama and narrow, usually constricted spores. The toadstool is common and widespread occurring in troops, sometimes clustered, in grassland, unfertilised lawns, in fixed dunes and on bare soil or among mosses in rich deciduous woodland or scrub. The yellow waxcaps have been much confused in the past and old records should be treated with caution.

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