Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrocybe insipida (J.E. Lange) M.M. Moser
Synonyms: Hygrocybe insipida agg.
Hygrocybe insipida f. insipida
Hygrocybe insipida f. subminutula
Hygrocybe insipida forma subminutula
Hygrocybe insipida var. insipida
Hygrocybe reae var. insipida
Hygrocybe subminutula sensu auct. eur.
Hygrophorus insipidus
Hygrophorus reae var. insipidus
Hygrophorus subminutulus
Common Name: Spangle Waxcap


Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
Click on the dots to get a species list for the 10km square that it represents.
This distribution map was produced using DMap
Hygrocybe insipidaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

Photographer: © David Mitchel Photographer: © David Mitchel Photographer: © Mark Wright Photographer: © Mark Wright Photographer: © David Mitchel Photographer: © David Mitchel
Have you a photograph, digital or otherwise that you would like to provide for this page? Or would you like to use this photograph? If so, please e-mail David Mitchel at the address given on the home page.

Or search Google Images for this species
View this species in its UK context on the NBN Atlas
Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poa (7)
Carex (6)
Poaceae (2)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Quercus cerris (1)
Rubus fruticosus agg. (1)
Bryopsida (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Acid grassland (38)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (28)
Calcareous grassland (24)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (21)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (21)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (14)
Grassland and marsh (12)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (9)
Acid grassland: unimproved (7)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (6)
Parkland and scattered trees (6)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (6)
Coastland: grey dunes (5)
Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (5)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (5)
Built up area, domestic (4)
Scrub (4)
Woodland (4)
Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (3)
Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (3)
Neutral grassland (3)
Sand-dune (3)
Bog (2)
Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (2)
Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (2)
Nardus stricta-Galium saxatile grassland (2)
Park lawns (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Sand-dune: dune slack (2)
Small parks and city squares (2)
Woodland: mixed (2)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Boundaries: hedge with trees (1)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1)
Grassland: acidic, upland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, upland (1)
Maritime cliff and slope (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Poor semi-improved (1)
Sand-dune: dune heath (1)
Wet heath/acid grassland (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (139)
Soil (125)
Soil Mossy (9)
Soil Leaves (2)
Dead Wood (1)
Sand (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
June (1)
July (3)
August (8)
September (38)
October (232)
November (242)
December (7)