Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrophorus nemoreus (Pers.) Fr.
Synonyms: Agaricus nemoreus
Camarophyllus leporinus
Camarophyllus nemoreus
Cap Cwyr Derw
Hygrophorus leporinus
Common Name: Oak Woodwax


British Red Data List (2006): Near Threatened
An ectomycorrhizal species
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Hygrophorus nemoreus

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Corylus avellana (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Months recorded in & number of records:
October (1)