| Phylum: Basidiomycota | Class: Agaricomycetes |
| Order: Agaricales | Family: Hygrophoraceae |
| Species: Chromosera xanthochroa (P.D. Orton) Vizzini & Ercole | |
| Synonyms: |
Alpine Waxcap Cap Cwyr Alpaidd Hygrocybe xanthochroa Hygrophorus xanthochrous |
| Common Name: | Alpine Waxcap |
| A grassland indicator species | |
| Click on the dots to get a species list for the 10km square that it represents. | |
| This distribution map was produced using DMap | |
![]() |
Photographer: © Roy Anderson |
| Have you a photograph, digital or otherwise that you would like to provide for this page? Or would you like to use this photograph? If so, please e-mail David Mitchel at the address given on the home page. Or search Google Images for this species | |
| View this species in its UK context on the NBN Atlas | |
| Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Calluna vulgaris (2) |
|
| Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (2) |
|
| Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Mossy (2) |
|
| Months recorded in & number of records: November (3) |
|