Species

Cuphophyllus virgineus (Snowy waxcap)

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

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Cuphophyllus virgineus is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. Its recommended English common name is snowy waxcap in the UK. The species has a largely north temperate distribution, occurring in grassland in Europe and in woodland in North America and northern Asia, but is also known from Australia. It typically produces basidiocarps (fruit bodies) in the autumn.

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: Cuphophylloideae
        Genus: Cuphophyllus
        Section: Virginei (Cuphophyllus sect. virginei)
        Species: Cuphophyllus virgineus (Snowy waxcap)

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