Subsection

Coccineae (Hygrocybe subsect. coccineae)

Hygrocybe punicea. Photo: (c) Amadej Trnkoczy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Hygrocybe is a genus of agarics (gilled fungi) in the family Hygrophoraceae. Called waxcaps in English (sometimes waxy caps in North America), basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are often brightly coloured and have waxy to slimy caps, white spores, and smooth, ringless stems. In Europe they are characteristic of old, unimproved grasslands (termed waxcap grasslands) which are a declining habitat, making many Hygrocybe species of conservation concern. Elsewhere they are more typically found in woodlands. Most are ground-dwelling…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
        Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
        Suborder: Hygrophorineae
        Family: Hygrophoraceae
        Subfamily: Hygrocyboideae
        Tribe: Hygrocybeae
        Genus: Hygrocybe (Waxcaps)
        Subgenus: Pseudohygrocybe (Hygrocybe subg. pseudohygrocybe)
        Section: Coccineae (Hygrocybe sect. coccineae)
        Subsection: Coccineae (Hygrocybe subsect. coccineae)
        Species: Hygrocybe coccinea (Scarlet waxy cap)
        Species: Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens (Orange waxcap)
        Species: Hygrocybe punicea (Crimson waxcap)

Subtaxa

Species: Hygrocybe coccinea (Scarlet waxy cap)

Species: Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens (Orange waxcap)

Species: Hygrocybe punicea (Crimson waxcap)

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