Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Hygrocybe laeta var. laeta (Pers.) P. Kumm.
Synonyms: Hygrophorus houghtoni
Hygrophorus laetus
Common Name: Heath Waxcap
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
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Hygrocybe laeta var. laetaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Corylus avellana (1)
Poa (1)
Quercus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Acid grassland (54)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (20)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (19)
Acid grassland: unimproved (15)
Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (8)
Grassland: acidic, upland (7)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (7)
Scrub (6)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (5)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (4)
Small parks and city squares (4)
Grassland and marsh (3)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (2)
Marsh/marshy grassland (2)
Mire: blanket bog (2)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (2)
Ornamental gardens (2)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Wet heath/acid grassland (2)
Bog (1)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Coastland: grey dunes (1)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1)
Dry heath/acid grassland (1)
Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (1)
Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (1)
Montane heath/dwarf forb (1)
Nardus stricta-Galium saxatile grassland (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Park lawns (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Poor semi-improved (1)
Sand-dune (1)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (1)
Sand-dune: dune heath (1)
Sand-dune: dune slack (1)
Woodland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Sand (1)
Soil (1)
Soil Grassy (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Tree (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
August (1)
September (7)
October (130)
November (88)
December (4)