Hygrocybe reidii Kühner
(Honey Waxcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrocybe reidii (Honey Waxcap)
SubgenusPseudohygrocybe (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 reidii (Honey Waxcap) :
1: Hygrocybe reidii (Honey Waxcap)
11 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
in short acid grassland . Photos: Slightly washed out specimens, on neutral background
Image 1: Cap - close-upImage 2: Fruitbody - lain down to show stipe and gills - pale backgroundImage 3: Gills - close-up
2: Hygrocybe reidii (Honey Waxcap) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
24 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 10’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in grass
Image 1: Cap - close-upImage 2: Cap - close-up (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - pale backgroundImage 4: Fruitbody - side view showing cap - pale backgroundImage 5: Fruitbody - side view showing cap - pale background (2)Image 6: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - pale backgroundImage 7: Gills - close-upImage 8: Gills - close-up (2)
3: Hygrocybe reidii (Honey Waxcap)
24 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 10’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in grass
Image 1: Fruitbodies - side views - pale backgroundImage 2: Fruitbodies - side views showing gills - pale backgroundImage 3: Cap - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Gills and cap margin - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Gills and stipe apex - close-up - enlarged
4: Hygrocybe reidii (Honey Waxcap)
21 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK05 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
in grass
Image 1: Cap - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - in situ and lain down to show capImage 3: Gills - close-upImage 4: Cap - LS - close-up - enlarged
5: Hygrocybe reidii (Honey Waxcap)
20 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in short grass
Image 1: Cap - close-upImage 2: Cap - close-up (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - side views - pale backgroundImage 4: Fruitbodies - side views - pale background (2)Image 5: Gills - close-upImage 6: Gills and stipe apex - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Spores - magnifiedImage 8: Spores - highly magnified
6: Hygrocybe reidii (Honey Waxcap)
14 Oct 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Cap - LS showing gill attachmentImage 2: Cap - LS showing gill attachment (2)Image 3: Cluster of fruitbodiesImage 4: Cluster of fruitbodies - top viewImage 5: FruitbodiesImage 6: FruitbodyImage 7: Fruitbody (2)Image 8: Fruitbody (3)Image 9: Fruitbody (4)Image 10: Fruitbody - LSImage 11: GillsImage 12: Gills (2)Image 13: Stipe
7: Hygrocybe reidii (Honey Waxcap)
14 Oct 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Cap - LS showing gill attachmentImage 2: Cap - LS showing gill attachment (2)Image 3: FruitbodiesImage 4: Fruitbodies - LS
8: Hygrocybe reidii (Honey Waxcap)
13 Oct 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap (2)Image 3: FruitbodyImage 4: Fruitbody (2)Image 5: Fruitbody (3)Image 6: Fruitbody (4)Image 7: Fruitbody (5)Image 8: Fruitbody (6)Image 9: Fruitbody - LSImage 10: Fruitbody - LS (2)Image 11: Fruitbody - LS (3)Image 12: Gills

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kibby, G. & Ainsworth, M. 2008 A tribute to Derek Reid - British fungi named after him Field Mycology Vol 9 (2): 51-54.

Hygrocybe reidii (Honey 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 reidii (Honey Waxcap)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hygrocybe reidii (Honey Waxcap)

A small to medium orange waxcap with subdecurrent gills and a characteristic smell of honey or Indian Balsam. It grows in troops in unfertilised lawns and grassland, and fixed dunes as well as frondose woodland and scrub.

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Appears to follow a southern and western distribution with few records in the east of the country north of the Thames.

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