Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens R. Haller Aar.
(Orange Waxcap)

Interactions where Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens 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 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 aurantiosplendens/Hygrocybe aurantiosplendensorange waxcapfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couch

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 aurantiosplendens (Orange Waxcap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrocybe aurantiosplendens (Orange 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 aurantiosplendens (Orange Waxcap)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Long, P. 2002 Leicestershire Lawns Field Mycology Vol 3 (4): 114-119.

Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens (Orange 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 aurantiosplendens (Orange Waxcap):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 13 images of Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens (Orange Waxcap)

A medium-sized, orange-yellow to orange-red waxcap with a sticky, slightly hygrophanous and pellucid-striate cap and a dry stipe which is often covered with a white pruina. A rare species of unimproved grassland, it has also been found in decidous woodland and scrub.

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