Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Cuphophyllus colemannianus (A. Bloxam) Bon
Synonyms: Camarophyllus colemannianus
Cap Cwyr Cras
Hygrocybe colemanniana
Hygrocybe subradiata
Hygrophorus colemannianus
Hygrophorus subradiatus
Common Name: Toasted Waxcap


A grassland indicator species
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Cuphophyllus colemannianusPhotographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poa (2)
Poaceae (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Calcareous grassland (8)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (6)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (3)
Scrub (3)
Acid grassland (2)
Grassland and marsh (2)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (1)
Sand-dune (1)
Sesleria albicans-Galium sterneri grassland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (12)
Soil Grassy (8)
Months recorded in & number of records:
September (2)
October (31)
November (26)