 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Hygrocybe punicea (Crimson Waxcap)
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The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').
| Stage | Summary | Taxon | Vernacular | Classification | References | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015 |
Hygrocybe punicea (Crimson Waxcap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:
| Author & Year | Title | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota | 517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Storey, M.W., 2015 | Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide | www.bioimages.org.uk |
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NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Hygrocybe punicea (Crimson Waxcap)
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| Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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| Holden, L. | 2013 | Can higher plant surveys be used to pick out important waxcap grassland sites in conservation assessment projects? | Field Mycology Vol 14 (4): 120-123. |
Hygrocybe punicea (Crimson Waxcap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hygrocybe punicea (Crimson Waxcap):
This is the largest waxcap and its sticky, deep red caps, the colour of dried blood, are the best indicator of unimproved grassland. The gills are narrowly adnate and the stipe coarsely fibrillose. It grows in unfertilised grassland and fixed dunes.
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A good indicator for very long continuity of unfertilised grassland
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