Species

Hygrocybe conica (Witch’s hat)

Hygrocybe conica. Photo: (c) torilindvall7, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Hygrocybe conica, commonly known as the witch’s hat, conical wax cap or conical slimy cap, is a colourful member of the genus Hygrocybe (the waxcaps), found across northern Europe and North America. Originally described as Hygrophorus conicus, it may be a complex of closely related and similar species.

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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: Hygrocybe (Hygrocybe subg. hygrocybe)
        Section: Hygrocybe (Hygrocybe sect. hygrocybe)
        Subsection: Hygrocybe (Hygrocybe subsect. hygrocybe)
        Complex: Hygrocybe conica
        Species: Hygrocybe conica (Witch’s hat)

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