Pseudohygrocybe
(a subgenus of waxcaps)

Pseudohygrocybe (a subgenus of waxcaps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pseudohygrocybe (a subgenus of waxcaps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
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Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 5 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms 2 references
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms 2 references
Species 1 trophisms 2 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Pseudohygrocybe (a subgenus of waxcaps) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pseudohygrocybe (a subgenus of waxcaps):

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Characterised by subregular hymenophoral trama with rather short inflated cells rarely more than 200microns long.

The following groups belong here:

Sombre coloured waxcaps without decurrent gills.
Very viscid species with both stipe and cap so sticky as to be difficult to pick up.
Red-orange species with yellow or crenate margin or scaly caps.
All brightly coloured species with subdecurrent gills.
But other species are less distinctive.

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