Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrocybe acutoconica var. acutoconica (Clem.) Singer

Synonyms:

Hygrocybe aurantiolutescens Hygrocybe aurantiolutescens f. pseudoconica Hygrocybe aurantiolutescens var. parapersistens Hygrocybe constans Hygrocybe langei Hygrocybe persistens Hygrocybe persistens var. cuspidata Hygrocybe persistens var. langei Hygrocybe persistens var. persistens Hygrophorus aurantiolutescens Hygrophorus conicus var. persistens Hygrophorus constans Hygrophorus cuspidatus Hygrophorus langei Hygrophorus rickenii Mycena acutoconica

Common Name:

Persistent Waxcap

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Carex (3) Poa (3) Breutelia chrysocoma (1) Ammophila arenaria (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Calcareous grassland (7) Acid grassland (6) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (6) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4) Acid grassland: unimproved (3) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3) Acid grassland: semi-improved (2) Coastland: grey dunes (2) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (2) Marsh/marshy grassland (2) Neutral grassland: unimproved (2) Sand-dune: dune grassland (2) Woodland (2) Boundaries: hedge with trees (1) Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (1) Coastland: fore dunes (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland (1) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (1) Grassland and marsh (1) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (1) Mire: blanket bog (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Path- and track-side (1) Sand-dune: dune slack (1) Sand-dune: open dune (1) Scrub (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (30) Soil (26) Soil Mossy (2) Leaf Litter (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: July (4) August (18) September (24) October (28) November (31)