Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrocybe helobia (Arnolds) Bon

Synonyms:

Garlic Waxcap Hygrocybe miniata Hygrocybe miniatoalba Hygrophorus helobius Hygrophorus miniatoalbus

Common Name:

Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Sphagnum (2) Carex (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Acid grassland (1) Flush and spring: basic (1) Mire: upland raised bog, open Sphagnum carpets (1) Neutral grassland (1) Neutral grassland: unimproved (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Woodland and scrub (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (4) Soil (2) Soil Mossy (2) Moss (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: August (4) September (5) October (2) November (1)