Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens R. Haller Aar.
Synonyms: Hygrophorus aurantiosplendens
Common Name: Orange Waxcap


Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
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Hygrocybe aurantiosplendensPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poaceae (1)
Rhododendron (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Calcareous grassland (5)
Grassland and marsh (4)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
Acid grassland: unimproved (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Park lawns (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Poor semi-improved (1)
Scrub (1)
Wet heath/acid grassland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (18)
Soil Grassy (12)
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
May (1)
August (4)
September (10)
October (32)
November (17)