Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrocybe ceracea (Sowerby) P. Kumm.

Synonyms:

Agaricus ceraceus Cap Cwyr Ymenyn Gymnopus ceraceus Hygrocybe ceracea var. vitellinoides Hygrocybe citrina Hygrocybe vitellinoides Hygrophorus ceraceus

Common Name:

Butter Waxcap

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Poaceae (6) Carex (3) Poa (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Neutral grassland: semi-improved (15) Acid grassland (13) Acid grassland: semi-improved (12) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (6) Grassland and marsh (4) Acid grassland: unimproved (3) Churchyards and cemeteries (3) Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (3) Sand-dune: dune grassland (3) Calcareous grassland (2) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (2) Marsh/marshy grassland (2) Neutral grassland: unimproved (2) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (1) Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (1) Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1) Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (1) Hay grassland (1) Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Park lawns (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Poor semi-improved (1) Small parks and city squares (1) Wet heath/acid grassland (1) Woodland (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (47) Soil Grassy (43) Rotting Wood (2) Soil Mossy (2) Moss (1) Sand (1) Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (2) March (3) July (1) August (2) September (22) October (100) November (111) December (3)