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  5. ›Agaricomycetidae
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  7. ›Hygrophorineae
  8. ›Waxcaps and Allies
  9. ›Hygrocyboideae
  10. ›Hygrocybeae
  11. ›Hygrocybe
  12. ›Hygrocybe
  13. ›Hygrocybe
Hygrocybe subsect. Hygrocybe
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Hygrocybe subsect. Hygrocybe

Hygrocybe

Hygrocybe is a genus of agarics (gilled fungi) in the family Hygrophoraceae. Called waxcaps in English (sometimes waxy caps in North America), basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are often brightly coloured and have dry to waxy caps, white spores, and smooth, ringless stems.

In Europe waxcaps are characteristic of old, unimproved grasslands (termed waxcap grasslands) which are a declining habitat, making many Hygrocybe species of conservation concern. Nine of these waxcap-grassland species, Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens, H. citrinovirens, H. intermedia, H. mucronella, H. punicea, H. quieta, H. spadicea, H. splendidissima, and H. subpapillata, are assessed as globally "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Elsewhere waxcaps are more typically found in woodlands. Most are ground-dwelling and all are believed to be biotrophs. Around 150 species are recognized worldwide. Fruit bodies of several species are considered edible and are sometimes sold in local markets.

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60 branches of this group, most-observed first

Witch's Hat

speciesHygrocybe conica

Western Witch's Hat

speciesHygrocybe singeri

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

speciesHygrocybe cuspidata

Hygrocybe astatogala

speciesHygrocybe astatogala

blackening wax-cap

speciesHygrocybe nigrescens

Dune Waxcap

speciesHygrocybe conicoides

Hygrocybe cinereifolia

speciesHygrocybe cinereifolia

Hygrocybe sp. 'singeri-CA01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'singeri-CA01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-IN02'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-IN02'

Hygrocybe sp. 'singeri-PNW02'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'singeri-PNW02'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-IN03'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-IN03'

Hygrocybe olivaceonigra

speciesHygrocybe olivaceonigra

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-CA03'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-CA03'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-PNW22'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-PNW22'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-IN05'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-IN05'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-MS01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-MS01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'singeri-CA04'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'singeri-CA04'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-MI02'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-MI02'

Hygrocybe sp. 'FL02'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'FL02'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-IN06'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-IN06'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-IN04'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-IN04'

Hygrocybe riparia

speciesHygrocybe riparia

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-CA01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-CA01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-MI01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-MI01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-NB01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-NB01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'CA10'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'CA10'

Hygrocybe sp. 'nigrescens-CA02'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'nigrescens-CA02'

Hygrocybe sp. 'NB03'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'NB03'

Hygrocybe atrosquamosa

speciesHygrocybe atrosquamosa

Hygrocybe sp. 'FL06'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'FL06'

Hygrocybe sp. 'singeri-NJ01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'singeri-NJ01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-CA04'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-CA04'

Hygrocybe sp. 'singeri-IN02'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'singeri-IN02'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-OH01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-OH01'

Hygrocybe xerophila

speciesHygrocybe xerophila

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-CA05'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-CA05'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-MO01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-MO01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-PA01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-PA01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-CH01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-CH01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-PNW28'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-PNW28'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-BS01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-BS01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'PEI01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'PEI01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'singeri-QC01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'singeri-QC01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-ID02'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-ID02'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-PR01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-PR01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-CA06'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-CA06'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-OH02'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-OH02'

Hygrocybe sp. 'IN22'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'IN22'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-VA01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-VA01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'CA15'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'CA15'

Hygrocybe sp. 'FL10'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'FL10'

Hygrocybe sp. 'IN20'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'IN20'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-PR03'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-PR03'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-PR04'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-PR04'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-PR05'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-PR05'

Hygrocybe sp. 'singeri-PNW01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'singeri-PNW01'

Hygrocybe sp. 'conica-PNW27'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'conica-PNW27'

Hygrocybe sp. 'MA02'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'MA02'

Hygrocybe sp. 'MX08'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'MX08'

Hygrocybe sp. 'FL01'

speciesHygrocybe sp. 'FL01'

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