Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Neohygrocybe nitrata (Pers.) Herink

Synonyms:

Agaricus murinaceus Agaricus nitratus Camarophyllus nitratus Hygrocybe murinacea Hygrocybe nitrata Hygrophorus murinaceus Hygrophorus nitratus Tricholoma murinaceum

Common Name:

Nitrous Waxcap

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Poa (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Acid grassland (10) Acid grassland: semi-improved (4) Acid grassland: unimproved (3) Calcareous grassland (3) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (3) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (2) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (2) Grassland and marsh (1) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1) Grassland: acidic, upland (1) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Neutral grassland: unimproved (1) Scrub (1) Scrub: scattered (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (17) Soil (11)

Months recorded in & number of records: August (5) September (12) October (31) November (24) December (1)