Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrocybe splendidissima (P.D. Orton) M.M. Moser

Synonyms:

Hygrocybe punicea forma splendidissima Hygrocybe punicea var. splendidissima Hygrophorus splendidissimus

Common Name:

Splendid Waxcap

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Poa (1) Carex (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Acid grassland: semi-improved (6) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (4) Calcareous grassland (3) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (3) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (3) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Acid grassland (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Grassland and marsh (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, upland (1) Grassland: acidic, upland (1) Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (1) Sand-dune: dune grassland (1) Scrub (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (21) Soil (5) Soil Mossy (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: October (23) November (26) December (1)