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Waxcaps
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 waxy to slimy caps, white spores, and smooth, ringless stems. In Europe they are characteristic of old, unimproved grasslands (termed waxcap grasslands) which are a declining habitat, making many Hygrocybe species of conservation concern. Elsewhere they are more typically found in woodlands. Most are ground-dwelling...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Hygrocybe subg. Hygrocybe
subgenusHygrocybe
Hygrocybe subg. Pseudohygrocybe
subgenusPseudohygrocybe
Cherry-Red Waxy Cap
speciesHygrocybe laetissima
Hygrocybe constans
speciesHygrocybe constans
Hygrocybe minutula
speciesHygrocybe minutula
Goblet Waxcap
speciesHygrocybe lepida
Hygrocybe rodwayi
speciesHygrocybe rodwayi
Hygrocybe anomala
speciesHygrocybe anomala
Hygrocybe squamulosa
speciesHygrocybe squamulosa
Hygrocybe reesiae
speciesHygrocybe reesiae
Hygrocybe aurantipes
speciesHygrocybe aurantipes
Hygrocybe marchii
speciesHygrocybe marchii
Golden-gilled Waxy Cap
speciesHygrocybe flavifolia
Hygrocybe polychroma
speciesHygrocybe polychroma
Hygrocybe sp. 'fenestrata'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'fenestrata'
Hygrocybe erythrocrenata
speciesHygrocybe erythrocrenata
Hygrocybe fuliginata
speciesHygrocybe fuliginata
Hygrocybe schistophila
speciesHygrocybe schistophila
Hygrocybe roseoflavida
speciesHygrocybe roseoflavida
Hygrocybe sp. 'marchii-PNW11'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'marchii-PNW11'
Hygrocybe sp. 'marchii-PNW10'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'marchii-PNW10'
Papillate Waxcap
speciesHygrocybe subpapillata
Hygrocybe sp. 'IN18'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'IN18'
Hygrocybe saltirivula
speciesHygrocybe saltirivula
Hygrocybe leucogloea
speciesHygrocybe leucogloea
Hygrocybe lanecovensis
speciesHygrocybe lanecovensis
Hygrocybe noelokelani
speciesHygrocybe noelokelani
Hygrocybe sp. 'CA11'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'CA11'
Hygrocybe sp. 'CA04'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'CA04'
Hygrocybe sp. 'PNW23'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'PNW23'
Hygrocybe sp. 'PNW19'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'PNW19'
Hygrocybe griseoramosa
speciesHygrocybe griseoramosa
Hygrocybe blanda
speciesHygrocybe blanda
Hygrocybe glacialis
speciesHygrocybe glacialis
Hygrocybe subceracea
speciesHygrocybe subceracea
Hygrocybe miniceps
speciesHygrocybe miniceps
Hygrocybe sp. 'CA02'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'CA02'
Hygrocybe brunnea
speciesHygrocybe brunnea
Hygrocybe tahquamenonensis
speciesHygrocybe tahquamenonensis
Hygrocybe procera
speciesHygrocybe procera
Hygrocybe fulgens
speciesHygrocybe fulgens
Hygrocybe collucera
speciesHygrocybe collucera
Hygrocybe sp. 'PR04'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'PR04'
Hygrocybe cerinolutea
speciesHygrocybe cerinolutea
Hygrocybe sp. 'constrictospora-PNW08'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'constrictospora-PNW08'
Hygrocybe iropus
speciesHygrocybe iropus
Hygrocybe suzukaensis
speciesHygrocybe suzukaensis
Hygrocybe xanthopoda
speciesHygrocybe xanthopoda
Hygrocybe subminiata
speciesHygrocybe subminiata
Hygrocybe sp. 'PNW17'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'PNW17'
Hygrocybe sp. 'PNW14'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'PNW14'
Hygrocybe aphylla
speciesHygrocybe aphylla
Hygrocybe puaena
speciesHygrocybe puaena
Hygrocybe sp. 'neomarchii'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'neomarchii'
Hygrocybe sylvaria
speciesHygrocybe sylvaria
Hygrocybe sp. 'LA01'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'LA01'
Hygrocybe sp. 'HI01'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'HI01'
Hygrocybe moseri
speciesHygrocybe moseri
Hygrocybe sp. 'CA08'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'CA08'
Hygrocybe sp. 'PNW15'
speciesHygrocybe sp. 'PNW15'
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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