Hygrocybe (Fr.) P. Kumm.
(waxcaps, waxcap mushrooms)

Interactions where Hygrocybe is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with colony UK/Ireland Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Churchyard Moss, Springy Turf-moss Hypnales: Hylocomiaceae /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae/Hygrocybe/Hygrocybewaxcaps, waxcap mushroomsfruitbody Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Hypnales/Hylocomiaceae/Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus/Rhytidiadelphus squarrosuschurchyard moss, springy turf-mosscolony

Hygrocybe (waxcaps, waxcap mushrooms) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hygrocybe (waxcaps, waxcap mushrooms) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Cuphophyllus
a subgenus of waxcaps
Subgenus 15 subtaxa 23 trophisms 5 references
Hygrocybe acutoconica
a waxcap
Species 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms 2 references
Hygrocybe ss.
a subgenus of waxcaps
Subgenus 12 subtaxa 18 trophisms 12 references
Pseudohygrocybe
a subgenus of waxcaps
Subgenus 27 subtaxa 37 trophisms 17 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusHygrocybe (waxcaps, waxcap mushrooms)
FamilyHYGROPHORACEAE (waxcaps and woodwaxes)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hygrocybe (waxcaps, waxcap mushrooms)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Arnolds, E. Tribus Hygrocybeae (Kühner) Bas & Arnolds in FAN 2 Bas, C. Pleurotaceae, 12pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 2
Bas, C., Kuper, T.W., Noordeloos, M.E. & Vellinga, E.C. 1990 Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 2 Flora Agaricina Neerlandica, Vol 2, 137pp, A. A. Balkema
Boertmann, D. Knudsen, H, Lange. C. & Knutsson. T. Agaricus L.: Fr., Funga Nordica
Boertmann, D. 1995 The Genus Hygrocybe (1st ed) Fungi of Northern Europe, Vol 1, First edition edition, 184pp, Danish Mycological Society
Boertmann, D. 2010 The Genus Hygrocybe (2nd ed) Fungi of Northern Europe, Vol 1, Second edition edition, 200pp, Danish Mycological Society
Bon, M. 1990 Hygrophoraceae Documents Mycologiques - Flore Mycologique d'Europe, 1, 99 plus platespp, Marcel Bon
Candusso, M. 1994 Hygrophorus Fungi Europaei, Vol 6, 784pp, Libreria Basso
Edwards, B. 2106 Field key to Dorset waxcaps
Griffith, D.W. & Easton, G. Waxcap Website www.aber.ac.uk/waxcap/index.shtml
Orton, P.D. 1980 Notes on British Agarics: VII Notes R.B.G. Edinburgh Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Vol 38 (3): 315-330.
Orton, P.D. 1960 New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III: Notes on genera and species in the list TBMS Vol 43 (2): 159-439.

  • Waxcap Grasslands

    • () Henrici, A. 1996 Waxcap-grassland Fungi

    Hygrocybe (waxcaps, waxcap mushrooms) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

    General Literature

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hygrocybe (waxcaps, waxcap mushrooms):

    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.

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