Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrophorus agathosmus (Fr.) Fr.
Synonyms: Agaricus agathosmus
Agaricus cerasinus
Cap Cwyr Almon
Hygrophorus agathosmus f. aureofloccosus
Hygrophorus agathosmus var. aureofloccosus
Hygrophorus cerasinus
Hygrophorus lucandi
Limacium agathosmum
Common Name: Almond Woodwax


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Hygrophorus agathosmus

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
September (2)
October (1)