Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Hygrocybe cantharellus (Schwein.) Murrill
Synonyms: Hygrophorus cantharellus
Hygrophorus turundus var. lepidus
Common Name: Goblet 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 cantharellus

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Sphagnum papillosum (5)
Sphagnum (4)
Aulacomnium palustre (2)
Sphagnum capillifolium (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Acid grassland (8)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (7)
Bog (5)
Acid grassland: unimproved (3)
Mire: blanket bog (3)
Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (2)
Grassland: acidic, upland (2)
Built-up areas (1)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (1)
Dry heath/acid grassland (1)
Fen (1)
Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland (1)
Flush and spring: basic (1)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1)
Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (1)
Mire: blanket bog, open Sphagnum carpets (1)
Mire: upland raised bog, open Sphagnum carpets (1)
Molinia caerulea-Cirsium dissectum fen-meadow (1)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (26)
Soil (13)
Soil Mossy (11)
Mossy Peat (3)
Soil Peat (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
July (2)
August (9)
September (17)
October (30)
November (8)