Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrocybe insipida agg. (J.E. Lange) M.M. Moser

Synonyms:

Hygrocybe insipida Hygrocybe insipida f. insipida Hygrocybe insipida f. subminutula

Common Name:

Spangle Waxcap

A species complex of maybe more than 5 species. See https://www.nifg.org.uk/waxcapireland-2025-special-finds-waxcaps/ for more discussion. Until this group is researched, it is safer to call most finds as insipida agg.

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Poa (8) Carex (6) Poaceae (4) Rubus fruticosus (1) Quercus cerris (1) Bryopsida (1) Fagus sylvatica (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Acid grassland (45) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (31) Calcareous grassland (24) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (24) Acid grassland: semi-improved (21) Sand-dune: dune grassland (14) Grassland and marsh (12) Neutral grassland: unimproved (9) Churchyards and cemeteries (8) Acid grassland: unimproved (7) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (6) Parkland and scattered trees (6) Coastland: grey dunes (5) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (5) Built up area, domestic (4) Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (3) Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (3) Neutral grassland (3) Sand-dune (3) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3) Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (2) Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (2) Nardus stricta-Galium saxatile grassland (2) Park lawns (2) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Sand-dune: dune slack (2) Small parks and city squares (2) Bog (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Boundaries: hedge with trees (1) Built up areas: Gardens (1) Grassland: acidic, upland (1) Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1) Grassland: calcareous, upland (1) Hay grassland (1) Improved grassland (1) Maritime cliff and slope (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Poor semi-improved (1) Sand-dune: dune heath (1) Urban parks, playing and sports fields (1) Wet heath/acid grassland (1) Woodland (1) Woodland and scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (144) Soil (127) Soil Mossy (10) Soil Leaves (2) Dead Wood (1) Sand (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: June (1) July (3) August (9) September (39) October (266) November (287) December (8)