| Phylum: Basidiomycota | Class: Agaricomycetes |
| Order: Agaricales | Family: Hygrophoraceae |
| Species: Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens R. Haller Aar. | |
| Synonyms: |
Cap Cwyr Oren Hygrophorus aurantiosplendens |
| Common Name: | Orange Waxcap |
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Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species |
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| A grassland indicator species | |
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| Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Poaceae (1) Rhododendron (1) |
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| Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Calcareous grassland: unimproved (8) Calcareous grassland (5) Grassland and marsh (4) Acid grassland: semi-improved (1) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) Built up area, domestic (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) |
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| Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (18) Soil Grassy (12) Soil Mossy (1) |
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| Months recorded in & number of records: May (1) August (4) September (10) October (32) November (25) |
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