Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Hygrocybe lepida (Fr.) Murrill

Synonyms:

Agaricus cantharellus Cap Cwyr Melyn Hygrocybe cantharellus Hygrophorus cantharellus Hygrophorus turundus var. lepidus

Common Name:

Goblet Waxcap

Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Sphagnum papillosum (5) Carex (3) Aulacomnium palustre (2) Sphagnum (2) Sphagnum capillifolium (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Acid grassland (7) Acid grassland: semi-improved (7) Bog (7) Acid grassland: unimproved (4) Mire: blanket bog (3) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (2) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (2) Grassland and marsh (2) Heathland (2) Woodland (2) Woodland and scrub (2) Calcareous grassland (1) Fen (1) Fen carr (woodland or scrub over fen) (1) Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland (1) Flush and spring: basic (1) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1) Grassland: acidic, upland (1) Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (1) Mire: blanket bog, open Sphagnum carpets (1) Mire: upland raised bog, open Sphagnum carpets (1) Molinia caerulea-Cirsium dissectum fen-meadow (1) Neutral grassland: unimproved (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Sand-dune: dune grassland (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (22) Soil (18) Soil Mossy (11) Mossy Peat (3) Soil Peat (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: June (2) July (3) August (15) September (33) October (40) November (12)