Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrocybe coccineocrenata (P.D. Orton) M.M. Moser
Synonyms: Hygrocybe turunda
Hygrophorus coccineocrenatus
Hygrophorus miniatus var. sphagnophilus
Common Name:


A grassland indicator species
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Hygrocybe coccineocrenataPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Sphagnum papillosum (2)
Sphagnum capillifolium (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Fen (2)
Acid grassland: unimproved (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Moss (1)
Mossy Peat (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
July (2)
August (3)
September (1)