Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrocybe mucronella (Fr.) P. Karst.
Synonyms: Cap Cwyr Chwerw
Hygrocybe reae
Hygrocybe reai
Hygrophorus mucronellus
Hygrophorus reae
Hygrophorus reai
Common Name: Bitter Waxcap


The spores need to be carefully checked to distinguish with H. amara which is also bitter capped and present in GB
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Hygrocybe mucronellaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poa (4)
Poaceae (3)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Calcareous grassland (10)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (8)
Acid grassland (4)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (4)
Grassland and marsh (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Park lawns (1)
Sesleria albicans-Galium sterneri grassland (1)
Woodland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (21)
Soil Grassy (8)
Litter (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
September (4)
October (32)
November (40)
December (1)