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  5. ›Agaricomycetidae
  6. ›Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies
  7. ›Hygrophorineae
  8. ›Waxcaps and Allies
  9. ›Hygrocyboideae
  10. ›Humidicuteae
waxcaps
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waxcaps

Gliophorus

Gliophorus is a genus of agaric fungi in the family Hygrophoraceae. Gliophorus species belong to a group known as waxcaps in English, sometimes also waxy caps in North America or waxgills in New Zealand. In Europe, Gliophorus species are typical of waxcap grasslands, a declining habitat due to changing agricultural practices. As a result, two species, Gliophorus europerplexus and Gliophorus reginae, are of global conservation concern and are listed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Gliophorus sect. Gliophorus

sectionGliophorus

Gliophorus sect. Glutinosae

sectionGlutinosae

Gliophorus sect. Unguinosae

sectionUnguinosae

Gliophorus luteoglutinosus

speciesGliophorus luteoglutinosus

Gliophorus sp. 'FL01'

speciesGliophorus sp. 'FL01'

Gliophorus subheteromorphus

speciesGliophorus subheteromorphus

Gliophorus sulfureus

speciesGliophorus sulfureus

Gliophorus sp. 'NY03'

speciesGliophorus sp. 'NY03'

Gliophorus sp. 'AL01'

speciesGliophorus sp. 'AL01'

Gliophorus sp. 'GA01'

speciesGliophorus sp. 'GA01'

Gliophorus sp. 'TX01'

speciesGliophorus sp. 'TX01'

Gliophorus sp. 'LA01'

speciesGliophorus sp. 'LA01'

Gliophorus bichromus

speciesGliophorus bichromus

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