Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens R. Haller Aar.
Synonyms:
Common Name: Orange Waxcap
Provisional European Red List: B - Steady decline, some national extinctions
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
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Hygrocybe aurantiosplendensPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (4)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Calcareous grassland (2)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
Acid grassland: unimproved (1)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Park lawns (1)
Scrub (1)
Small parks and city squares (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (13)
Soil (9)
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (4)
September (3)
October (25)
November (10)