Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrocybe reidii Kühner

Synonyms:

Hygrocybe marchii Hygrophorus reidii

Common Name:

Honey Waxcap

Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Poa (2) Trifolium pratense (1) Carex (1) Poaceae (1) Quercus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Neutral grassland: semi-improved (39) Acid grassland: semi-improved (22) Acid grassland (12) Acid grassland: unimproved (8) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (7) Neutral grassland: unimproved (7) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (6) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (5) Grassland: acidic, upland (5) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (3) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (3) Mire: blanket bog (3) Calcareous grassland (2) Grassland and marsh (2) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (2) Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (2) Marsh/marshy grassland (2) Nardus stricta-Galium saxatile grassland (2) Park lawns (2) Sand-dune: dune grassland (2) Woodland (2) Woodland and scrub (2) Woodland: broadleaved (2) Bog (1) Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Scrub (1) Sesleria albicans-Galium sterneri grassland (1) Small parks and city squares (1) Wet heath/acid grassland (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (79) Soil Grassy (72) Soil Mossy (8) Leaf Litter (1) Moss (1) Sand (1) Soil Peat (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: August (11) September (29) October (141) November (101) December (4)