Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Clem.) Singer
(Persistent Waxcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
VarietyHygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)
SpeciesHygrocybe acutoconica (a waxcap)
GenusHygrocybe (waxcaps, waxcap mushrooms)
FamilyHYGROPHORACEAE (waxcaps and woodwaxes)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap) :
1: Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)
25 Oct 2006 OSGR: ST08 51° 30’ N, 3° 20’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) Wales
Image 1: Cap - close-up - pale backgroundImage 2: Cap - close-up - pale background (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - lain down to show caps - pale backgroundImage 4: Fruitbodies - lain down to show gills and stipes - pale backgroundImage 5: Cap surface - enlargedImage 6: Cap surface - enlarged (2)Image 7: Stipe - surface - enlargedImage 8: Stipe - surface - enlarged (2)
2: Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)
13 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 10’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
on capping above limestone outcrop . Photos: Fruitbody pieces on pale background
Image 1: Fruitbody - pieces showing cap and stipe - pale backgroundImage 2: Fruitbody - pieces showing gills and stipe - pale background
3: Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)
10 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in semi-improved grassland
Image 1: Fruitbody - lain down - grey backgroundImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down to show cap - grey backgroundImage 3: Fruitbody - lain down to show gills - grey backgroundImage 4: Fruitbody - lain down to show gills - grey background (2)Image 5: Fruitbody - lain down to show gills - grey background (3)Image 6: Spores - magnifiedImage 7: Spores - highly magnified
4: Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)
10 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in short basic grassland
Image 1: Fruitbodies - lain downImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down to show gills and stipe - pale backgroundImage 3: Spores - magnifiedImage 4: Spores - highly magnified
5: Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)
10 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in short basic grassland
Image 1: Cap - close-upImage 2: Cap - close-up (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - lain down - grey backgroundImage 4: Fruitbodies - lain down to show gills and stipes - grey backgroundImage 5: Gill trama squash - microscope low magnificationImage 6: Gill trama squash - microscope low magnification (2)Image 7: Spores - magnifiedImage 8: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 9: Spores - highly magnified (2)
6: Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)
21 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
in short grazed mossy fine-leaved semi-improved grass, clover and Tormentil
Image 1: Fruitbodies - lain down to show gillsImage 2: Fruitbodies - side views - lain downImage 3: Fruitbody - LSImage 4: Cap - LS - enlarged
7: Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)
20 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in short, fine-leaved, species-rich grass
Image 1: Cap - LS - close-upImage 2: Cap - oblique view - close-upImage 3: Cap - top view - close-upImage 4: Fruitbodies - side views - lain downImage 5: Fruitbody - LSImage 6: Fruitbody - side view - in situ - shadeImage 7: Fruitbody - side view - in situ - sunlight
8: Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
19 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in short grass
Image 1: Fruitbody - side view - lain down - close-up showing capImage 2: Fruitbody - side view - lain down - close-up showing gills
9: Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
19 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in short grass
Image 1: Fruitbody - lain down - close-up showing capImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down - close-up showing gills
10: Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
19 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in short grass
Image 1: Fruitbody - lain down - close-up showing capImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down - close-up showing gills
11: Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)
29 Sep 2004 OSGR: SX76 50° 30’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
in grass
Image 1: ComposedImage 2: Fruitbody - LSImage 3: In situImage 4: Side view showing cap - close-upImage 5: Side view showing gills - close-upImage 6: Cap surface - enlargedImage 7: Cap surface - magnifiedImage 8: Spores - magnifiedImage 9: Spores - highly magnified
12: Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)
5 Oct 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in mown species-rich grassland
Image 1: Cap - LSImage 2: Cap - LS (2)Image 3: FruitbodiesImage 4: Fruitbodies (2)Image 5: FruitbodyImage 6: Fruitbody (2)Image 7: Fruitbody (3)Image 8: Fruitbody (4)Image 9: Fruitbody - LSImage 10: Gills
13: Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
5 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU49 51° 40’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in short grass
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap - LSImage 3: Cap - LS (2)Image 4: FruitbodiesImage 5: Fruitbodies - youngImage 6: Fruitbody - LSImage 7: Fruitbody - LS (2)
14: Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)
19 Aug 1978 OSGR: NN96 56° 40’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: East Perthshire (VC 89) Scotland
at roadside
Image 1: Fruitbodies - side view - in situImage 2: Fruitbody - side view - lain down

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pearson, A.A. 1952 New Records and Observations V. TBMS Vol 35 (2): 97-122, IN1-2.

Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hygrocybe acutoconica var acutoconica (Persistent Waxcap)

A medium-sized yellow waxcap with a conical cap, adnexed or free gills and non-blackening flesh and surfaces. The toadstool is common and widespread occurring in small groups, in grassland on calcareous soil, unfertilised lawns, fixed dunes and roadsides. One of the first waxcaps to appear in the season. The yellow waxcaps have been much confused in the past and old records should be treated with caution.

A rather variable waxcap, which is distinctive in its typical form, with a finely-lined, dry, orange cap and fibrillose stem. It grows rather commonly, usually in small groups, in calcareous grassland, fixed dunes, unfertilised lawns, open frondose woods, roadsides and on pure limestone. It one of the first waxcaps to appear.

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