Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Hygrocybe pratensis (Schaeff.) Fr.
Synonyms:
Common Name: Meadow Waxcap
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
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Hygrocybe pratensisPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poa (10)
Betula pubescens (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Acid grassland (39)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (28)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (21)
Small parks and city squares (16)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (13)
Calcareous grassland (10)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (10)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (9)
Built up area, domestic (7)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (7)
Acid grassland: unimproved (6)
Grassland: acidic, upland (6)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (6)
Parkland and scattered trees (6)
Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (5)
Scrub (5)
Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (4)
Neutral grassland (4)
Woodland (4)
Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (3)
Marsh/marshy grassland (3)
Nardus stricta-Galium saxatile grassland (3)
Woodland: mixed (3)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (2)
Gardens (2)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (2)
Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (2)
Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (2)
Maritime cliff and slope: coastal heathland (2)
Park lawns (2)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (2)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Bog (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Coastland: grey dunes (1)
Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, upland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Poor semi-improved (1)
Sand-dune (1)
Sand-dune: dune slack (1)
Scrub: scattered (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (200)
Soil (116)
Soil Mossy (17)
Soil Leaves (2)
Dead Wood (1)
Fallen Branch (1)
Stump (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
February (1)
August (7)
September (34)
October (229)
November (209)
December (15)