| 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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Photographer: © David Mitchel |
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| Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Poa (4) Poaceae (3) |
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| 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) |
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| Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (21) Soil Grassy (8) Litter (1) |
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| Months recorded in & number of records: September (4) October (32) November (40) December (1) |
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