Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Hygrocybe reidii Kühner
Synonyms: Hygrophorus reidii
Common Name: Honey Waxcap
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
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Hygrocybe reidiiPhotographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poa (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Acid grassland (52)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (39)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (23)
Acid grassland: unimproved (14)
Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (7)
Grassland: acidic, upland (6)
Small parks and city squares (6)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5)
Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (4)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (4)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (3)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (3)
Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (3)
Mire: blanket bog (3)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (3)
Calcareous grassland (2)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (2)
Marsh/marshy grassland (2)
Nardus stricta-Galium saxatile grassland (2)
Park lawns (2)
Woodland (2)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Bog (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Coastland: grey dunes (1)
Grassland and marsh (1)
Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1)
Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (1)
Machair (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Ornamental gardens (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Sand-dune (1)
Sand-dune: dune slack (1)
Sand-dune: open dune (1)
Scrub (1)
Sesleria albicans-Galium sterneri grassland (1)
Wet heath/acid grassland (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Sand (1)
Soil (1)
Soil Grassy (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Soil Peat (1)
Soil sandy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (5)
August (7)
September (13)
October (148)
November (115)
December (1)