Hygrocybe chlorophana (Fr.) Wünsche
(Golden Waxcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrocybe chlorophana (Golden Waxcap)
SubgenusHygrocybe ss. (a subgenus of waxcaps)
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 chlorophana (Golden Waxcap) :
1: Hygrocybe chlorophana (Golden Waxcap)
31 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK05 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
in grassland
Image 1: Gills - gently crushed - enlarged
2: Hygrocybe chlorophana (Golden Waxcap) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
14 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
in short grass . Photos: Fruitbody - lain down on pale background (record shots)
Image 1: Cap - pale backgroundImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down to show cap and stipe - pale backgroundImage 3: Fruitbody - lain down to show gills and stipe - pale backgroundImage 4: Gills - pale backgroundImage 5: Cap surface - detail - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Stipe surface - detail - enlarged - pale background
3: Hygrocybe chlorophana (Golden Waxcap)
13 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 10’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
on medium length, fine-leaved acid grassland . Photos: Fruitbody on pale background
Image 1: Cap - close-up - pale backgroundImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down showing gills and stipe - pale backgroundImage 3: Gills - close-up - pale backgroundImage 4: Stipe - close-up - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Stipe - split where handled - close-up - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Gill trama squash - microscope low magnificationImage 7: Gill trama squash - microscope low magnification (2)
4: Hygrocybe chlorophana (Golden Waxcap) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
13 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 10’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
on long, fine-leaved acid grassland . Photos: Fruitbody on pale background
Image 1: Cap - LS - close-upImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down showing cap and stipe - pale backgroundImage 3: Gills - close-up - pale backgroundImage 4: Cap surface - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Stipe apex and gills - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Stipe - close-up - enlarged
5: Hygrocybe chlorophana (Golden Waxcap) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
21 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK05 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
in grass
Image 1: Fruitbodies - in situ and lain down to show capImage 2: Fruitbodies - in situ and lain down to show gillsImage 3: Fruitbodies - lain down to show cap and gillsImage 4: Fruitbodies - LS
6: Hygrocybe chlorophana (Golden Waxcap)
3 Nov 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap edge showing glutenImage 3: Cap - LSImage 4: Cap - LS (2)Image 5: FruitbodiesImage 6: GillsImage 7: SporesImage 8: Spores (2)
7: Hygrocybe chlorophana (Golden Waxcap)
3 Nov 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap - LSImage 3: Cap surfaceImage 4: Cap surface - close-upImage 5: FruitbodiesImage 6: FruitbodyImage 7: Fruitbody - LSImage 8: GillsImage 9: Gills (2)Image 10: Gills - close-upImage 11: SporesImage 12: Spores (2)
8: Hygrocybe chlorophana (Golden Waxcap)
21 Oct 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
in grass on south-facing slope
Image 1: Cap - LSImage 2: Cap - LS (2)Image 3: Cap - LS showing gillImage 4: Cap - LS showing gill (2)Image 5: Cap - olderImage 6: Cap surface - older - close-upImage 7: Cap surface - young - close-upImage 8: Cap - youngImage 9: FruitbodiesImage 10: Fruitbody - LSImage 11: GillsImage 12: Gills (2)Image 13: Gills (3)Image 14: Gills - close-upImage 15: StipeImage 16: Stipe - close-upImage 17: Spores
9: Hygrocybe chlorophana (Golden Waxcap)
8 May 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in grass
Image 1: Cap - LSImage 2: FruitbodyImage 3: Fruitbody - LSImage 4: Fruitbody - undersideImage 5: GillsImage 6: Gills - close-upImage 7: Young fruitbodyImage 8: Young fruitbody - underside
10: Hygrocybe chlorophana (Golden Waxcap)
18 Oct 1997 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap - close-upImage 3: Fruitbody, undersideImage 4: GillsImage 5: Gills (2)
11: Hygrocybe chlorophana (Golden Waxcap) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
29 Oct 1978 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
in grassy clearing in conifer plantn. with Psilocybe semilanceata
Image 1: Cap - top view - close-upImage 2: Fruitbody - side view - in situImage 3: DescriptionImage 4: Description - contd
12: Hygrocybe chlorophana (Golden Waxcap) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
28 Oct 1977 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in grassland ride
Image 1: Fruitbodies - top view - in situImage 2: Fruitbody - side view - in situImage 3: Fruitbody - side view - in situ (2)Image 4: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain downImage 5: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain down (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Outen, A.R. 1987 Profiles of Fungi No. 6: Hygrocybe flavescens Mycologist Vol 01 (3): 123.

Hygrocybe chlorophana (Golden 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 chlorophana (Golden Waxcap)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hygrocybe chlorophana (Golden Waxcap)

A medium-sized yellow waxcap with a greasy cap, adnexed gills and a dry stem which becomes moist when handled. Microscopically it is characterised by broad ellipsoid spores and long cells in the gills trama. The toadstool is common and widespread occurring in troops, sometimes clustered, in grassland, unfertilised lawns and in fixed dunes. The yellow waxcaps have been much confused in the past and old records should be treated with caution.

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