Phylum: Basidiomycota | Class: Agaricomycetes |
Order: Agaricales | Family: Hygrophoraceae |
Species: Hygrocybe mucronella (Fr.) P. Karst. |
Synonyms: |
Cap Cwyr Chwerw Hygrocybe reae Hygrocybe reai Hygrophorus mucronellus Hygrophorus reae Hygrophorus reai |
Common Name: | Bitter Waxcap |
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species |
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A grassland indicator species | |
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Poa (3) |
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Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Calcareous grassland (10) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (8) Acid grassland: semi-improved (4) Grassland and marsh (3) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (3) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Scrub (2) Woodland (2) Built up area, domestic (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Park lawns (1) Sesleria albicans-Galium sterneri grassland (1) Woodland: mixed (1) |
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Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (20) Soil Grassy (5) Litter (1) |
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Months recorded in & number of records: September (4) October (31) November (32) December (1) |