Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrocybe citrinovirens (J.E. Lange) Jul. Schäff.

Synonyms:

Camarophyllus citrinovirens Cap Cwyr Lemon Hygrocybe brevispora Hygrocybe cystidiata Hygrophorus brevispora Hygrophorus brevisporus Hygrophorus citrinovirens Hygrophorus obrusseus

Common Name:

Citrine Waxcap

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Neutral grassland: unimproved (4) Grassland and marsh (2) Acid grassland (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Grassland: calcareous, upland (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (16) Soil (4) Soil Mossy (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: July (1) August (4) September (15) October (13) November (2)