Hygrocybe punicea is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of crimson waxcap.[2] The species has a European distribution,[1] occurring mainly in agriculturally unimproved grassland. Threats to its habitat have resulted in the species being assessed as globally "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1] Records of H. punicea from North America (where it is called scarlet waxy cap and occurs in woodland),[3] East Asia, and Australia require further research to see if they represent the same species.[1]
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Hygrocybepunicea is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of crimson waxcap...
habitat, making many Hygrocybe species of conservation concern. Four of these waxcap-grassland species, Hygrocybe citrinovirens, H. punicea, H. spadicea, and...
size and colour. It was formerly confused with the Crimson Waxcap Hygrocybepunicea, but fruitbodies of the latter species are a darker, duller red, have...
to other waxy caps, including Hygrocybe splendidissima, Hygrocybepunicea, Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens, and Hygrocybe marchii. It also overlaps somewhat...
Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens, commonly known as the orange waxcap, is a gilled fungus in the family Hygrophoraceae. It mainly occurs in Europe, but is...
supports a rich assemblage of larger fungi, particularly waxcaps (species of Hygrocybe and related genera), characteristic of such habitats. Waxcap grasslands...
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