Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Hygrocybe coccinea (Schaeff.) P. Kumm.
Synonyms: Hygrophorus coccineus
Common Name: Scarlet Waxcap
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poa (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Acid grassland (42)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (30)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (25)
Small parks and city squares (17)
Acid grassland: unimproved (14)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (10)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (9)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (8)
Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (7)
Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (6)
Grassland: acidic, upland (6)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (6)
Calcareous grassland (5)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (5)
Built up area, domestic (4)
Woodland (4)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (3)
Nardus stricta-Galium saxatile grassland (3)
Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland (2)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (2)
Park lawns (2)
Bog (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (1)
Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (1)
Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (1)
Heathland: dry dwarf shrub heath, acid, upland (1)
Heathland: dry heath/acid grassland mosaic, lowland (1)
Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Other artificial habitats (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Sand-dune (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (188)
Soil (80)
Soil Mossy (14)
Sand (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
July (1)
August (10)
September (22)
October (195)
November (187)
December (13)