Hygrocybe glutinipes var glutinipes (J.E. Lange) R. Haller Aar.
(Glutinous Waxcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
VarietyHygrocybe glutinipes var glutinipes (Glutinous Waxcap)
SpeciesHygrocybe glutinipes (Glutinous 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 glutinipes var glutinipes (Glutinous Waxcap) :
1: Hygrocybe glutinipes var glutinipes (Glutinous Waxcap)
1 Oct 2004 OSGR: SX16 50° 30’ N, 4° 40’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
Three fruitbodies in field
Image 1: Fruitbody - LSImage 2: Side view - laid downImage 3: Side view - laid down (2)Image 4: Cap - enlargedImage 5: Cap - enlarged (2)Image 6: Spores - magnifiedImage 7: Spores - magnified (2)Image 8: Spores - magnified (3)Image 9: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 10: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 11: Spores - highly magnified (3)
2: Hygrocybe glutinipes var glutinipes (Glutinous Waxcap)
1 Oct 2004 OSGR: SX16 50° 30’ N, 4° 40’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
Three fruitbodies in grass
Image 1: Cap - close-upImage 2: Fruitbody - LSImage 3: Gills - close-upImage 4: Side view - laid downImage 5: Spores - magnifiedImage 6: Spores - magnified (2)Image 7: Spores - highly magnified
3: Hygrocybe glutinipes var glutinipes (Glutinous Waxcap)
30 Aug 1982 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
on ground under hawthorn
Image 1: CollectionImage 2: Fruitbodes - young - side views - lain downImage 3: Fruitbody - side view - lain downImage 4: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain downImage 5: Cap - top view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 7: DescriptionImage 8: Description - contd

Hygrocybe glutinipes var glutinipes (Glutinous Waxcap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hygrocybe glutinipes var glutinipes (Glutinous Waxcap)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hygrocybe glutinipes var glutinipes (Glutinous Waxcap)

A small, yellow or orange waxcap with very sticky cap and stipe. It grows, often with moss, in grasslands, old unfertilized lawns as well as on base soil in frondose woods and scrub.

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