Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrocybe chlorophana (Fr.) Wünsche

Synonyms:

Agaricus chlorophanus Hygrocybe chlorophana var. aurantiaca Hygrocybe chlorophana var. chlorophana Hygrocybe euroflavescens Hygrocybe flavescens Hygrocybe flavescens sensu auct. eur. Hygrophorus chlorophanus Hygrophorus euroflavescens Hygrophorus flavescens Hygrophorus puniceus var. flavescens

Common Name:

Golden Waxcap

Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Carex (6) Poa (4) Corylus avellana (2) Fraxinus excelsior (1) Poaceae (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Neutral grassland: semi-improved (33) Acid grassland (28) Acid grassland: semi-improved (25) Calcareous grassland (15) Neutral grassland: unimproved (11) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (9) Acid grassland: unimproved (7) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (7) Grassland and marsh (7) Sand-dune: dune grassland (6) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5) Grassland: acidic, upland (4) Parkland and scattered trees (4) Woodland (4) Built up area, domestic (3) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (3) Park lawns (3) Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (2) Coastland: grey dunes (2) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (2) Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (2) Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (2) Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (2) Marsh/marshy grassland (2) Neutral grassland (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Scrub (2) Woodland and scrub (2) Woodland: broadleaved (2) Bog (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Boundaries: hedge with trees (1) Grassland: acidic, lowland (1) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1) Grassland: calcareous, upland (1) Heathland: dry heath/acid grassland mosaic, lowland (1) Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (1) Improved grassland (1) Mire: valley bog (1) Poor semi-improved (1) Sand-dune (1) Sand-dune: dune heath (1) Scrub: scattered (1) Sesleria albicans-Galium sterneri grassland (1) Wet heath/acid grassland (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (174) Soil (90) Soil Mossy (13) Soil Leaves (2) Standing Dead Stem (2) Grass (1) Leaf Litter (1) Stony (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (4) March (1) July (1) August (24) September (39) October (195) November (183) December (8)