Hygrocybe conicoides (P.D. Orton) P.D. Orton & Watling
(Dune Waxcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hygrocybe conicoides (Dune Waxcap)
Subgenus	Hygrocybe ss. (a subgenus of waxcaps)
Genus	Hygrocybe (waxcaps, waxcap mushrooms)
Family	HYGROPHORACEAE (waxcaps and woodwaxes)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Hygrocybe conicoides is also a member of:
Gasteromycetes - puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc. (via Hygrophoraceae)
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Records of Hygrocybe conicoides (Dune Waxcap) :
1: Hygrocybe conicoides (Dune Waxcap)
14 Oct 1981	OSGR: ST25	51° 20’ N, 3° 0’ W	Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6)	England
on mature duneland near top of small hillock

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Brand, A.W.	1987	Profiles of Fungi No. 5: Hygrocybe conicoides (P.D. Orton) P.D. Orton & Watl.	Mycologist Vol 01 (3): 122.

Hygrocybe conicoides (Dune Waxcap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Hygrocybe
(waxcaps, waxcap mushrooms)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Gasteromycetes
(puffballs, earthstars,  earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hygrocybe conicoides (Dune Waxcap)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hygrocybe conicoides (Dune Waxcap)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hygrocybe conicoides is also a member of:

Identification Works

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