Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Cuphophyllus virgineus var. ochraceopallidus (P.D. Orton) E. Campo

Synonyms:

Hygrocybe ochraceopallida Hygrocybe virginea var. ochraceopallida

Common Name:

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Calcareous grassland (6) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (3) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) Dry heath/acid grassland (1) Grassland and marsh (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Grassland: calcareous, upland (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Sand-dune (1) Scrub (1) Wet heath/acid grassland (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (31) Soil Grassy (8) Soil Mossy (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: September (3) October (38) November (50)