Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Hygrocybe quieta (Kühner) Singer
Synonyms: Hygrophorus quietus
Common Name: Oily Waxcap
Provisional European Red List: C - Scattered Populations, some extinctions.
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
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Hygrocybe quietaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poa (13)
Corylus avellana (2)
Ammophila arenaria (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
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)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (74)
Soil Grassy (69)
Soil Mossy (9)
Fallen Branch (3)
Grass (1)
Stump (1)
Tree (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (8)
September (13)
October (127)
November (88)