| Phylum: Basidiomycota | Class: Basidiomycetes |
| Order: Agaricales | Family: Tricholomataceae |
| Species: Hygrocybe quieta (Kühner) Singer | |
| Synonyms: |
Hygrophorus quietus |
| Common Name: | Oily Waxcap |
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Provisional European Red List: C - Scattered Populations, some extinctions. Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species |
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| A grassland indicator species | |
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| Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Poa (13) Corylus avellana (2) Ammophila arenaria (1) Fagus sylvatica (1) |
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| Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Neutral grassland: semi-improved (25) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (17) Acid grassland: semi-improved (16) Small parks and city squares (15) Woodland (14) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (11) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (10) Acid grassland (8) Scrub (6) Woodland: mixed (6) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (5) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (5) Calcareous grassland (4) Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (4) Coastland: grey dunes (4) Acid grassland: unimproved (3) Built up area, domestic (3) Grassland: acidic, upland (3) Parkland and scattered trees (3) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (2) Mire: blanket bog (2) Nardus stricta-Galium saxatile grassland (2) Sand-dune (2) Sand-dune: dune slack (2) Woodland: broadleaved (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation (2) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Grassland: calcareous, upland (1) Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (1) Heathland: dry dwarf shrub heath, acid, upland (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Park lawns (1) Sand-dune: dune grassland (1) |
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| Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (74) Soil Grassy (69) Soil Mossy (9) Fallen Branch (3) Grass (1) Stump (1) Tree (1) |
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| Months recorded in & number of records: August (8) September (13) October (127) November (88) |
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