Hygrocybe phaeococcinea (Arnolds) Bon
(Shadowed Waxcap)

Interactions where Hygrocybe phaeococcinea 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 phaeococcinea/Hygrocybe phaeococcineashadowed 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 phaeococcinea (Shadowed Waxcap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrocybe phaeococcinea (Shadowed 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hygrocybe phaeococcinea (Shadowed Waxcap)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Russell, P. 2005 Grassland Fungi and the Management History of St. Dunstan’s Farm Field Mycology Vol 6 (3): 85-91.

Hygrocybe phaeococcinea (Shadowed 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 phaeococcinea (Shadowed Waxcap):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 10 images of Hygrocybe phaeococcinea (Shadowed Waxcap)

A distinctive red waxcap with a blackish coating on the cap. It grows in unimproved grassland, dunes and peaty soil. It is uncommon but widespread.

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