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

Synonyms:

Agaricus conicus Agaricus tristis Cap Cwyr Duol Hygrocybe cinereifolia Hygrocybe conica f. pseudoconica Hygrocybe conica var. chloroides Hygrocybe conica var. conica Hygrocybe conica var. nigrescens Hygrocybe conica var. olivaceonigra Hygrocybe conica var. tristis Hygrocybe nigrescens Hygrocybe olivaceoniger Hygrocybe olivaceonigra Hygrocybe pseudoconica Hygrocybe tristis Hygrophorus conicus Hygrophorus conicus var. chloroides Hygrophorus conicus var. nigrescens Hygrophorus conicus var. olivaceoniger Hygrophorus nigrescens Hygrophorus olivaceoniger Hygrophorus tristis

Common Name:

Blackening Waxcap

Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Carex (17) Poa (15) Poaceae (4) Quercus (2) Pinus (1) Quercus petraea (1) Fagus sylvatica (1) Corylus avellana (1) Betula (1) Acanthaceae (1) Malus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Neutral grassland: semi-improved (51) Calcareous grassland (29) Acid grassland (26) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (25) Acid grassland: semi-improved (22) Sand-dune: dune grassland (16) Grassland and marsh (14) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (13) Parkland and scattered trees (11) Woodland (11) Built up area, domestic (10) Woodland and scrub (10) Scrub (9) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (8) Acid grassland: unimproved (7) Sand-dune: dune slack (7) Woodland: broadleaved (7) Woodland: mixed (7) Neutral grassland: unimproved (6) Coastland: grey dunes (5) Sand-dune (5) Bog (4) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (3) Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland (3) Grassland: acidic, upland (3) Marginal/inundation: marginal (3) Marsh/marshy grassland (3) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (3) Small parks and city squares (3) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (2) Lolium perenne-Cynosurus cristatus grassland (2) Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (2) Nardus stricta-Galium saxatile grassland (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Built up areas: Gardens (1) Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (1) Coastland: fore dunes (1) Dry heath/acid grassland (1) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (1) Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1) Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (1) Grassland: calcareous, upland (1) Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (1) Heathland: wet heath/acid grassland mosaic, upland (1) Maritime cliff and slope (1) Neutral grassland (1) Park lawns (1) Path- and track-side (1) Poor semi-improved (1) Sand-dune: dune heath (1) Sand-dune: dune scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (172) Soil Grassy (169) Soil Mossy (5) Soil Leaves (2) Grass (1) Soil sandy (1) Stony (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (4) March (2) July (8) August (53) September (90) October (313) November (215) December (6)