Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Clem.) Singer
(Persistent Waxcap)

Interactions where Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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 live POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae/Hygrocybe acutoconica var. acutoconica/Hygrocybe acutoconica var. acutoconicapersistent waxcapfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchlive

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
VarietyHygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)
SpeciesHygrocybe acutoconica (a waxcap)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Pearson, A.A. 1952 New Records and Observations V. TBMS Vol 35 (2): 97-122, IN1-2.

Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 75 images of Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)

A medium-sized yellow waxcap with a conical cap, adnexed or free gills and non-blackening flesh and surfaces. The toadstool is common and widespread occurring in small groups, in grassland on calcareous soil, unfertilised lawns, fixed dunes and roadsides. One of the first waxcaps to appear in the season. The yellow waxcaps have been much confused in the past and old records should be treated with caution.

A rather variable waxcap, which is distinctive in its typical form, with a finely-lined, dry, orange cap and fibrillose stem. It grows rather commonly, usually in small groups, in calcareous grassland, fixed dunes, unfertilised lawns, open frondose woods, roadsides and on pure limestone. It one of the first waxcaps to appear.

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