Hygrocybe spadicea (Scop.) P. Karst.
(Date Waxcap, Date-coloured Waxcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrocybe spadicea (Date Waxcap, Date-coloured 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 spadicea (Date Waxcap, Date-coloured Waxcap) :
1: Hygrocybe spadicea (Date Waxcap, Date-coloured Waxcap)
23 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in grass
Image 1: Fruitbody - fragments showing cap - pale backgroundImage 2: Fruitbody - fragments showing gills - pale background
2: Hygrocybe spadicea (Date Waxcap, Date-coloured Waxcap)
19 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in long fine-leaved grass
Image 1: Fruitbodies - in situ - beside pathImage 2: Fruitbodies - in situ beside pathImage 3: Fruitbodies - in situ beside path (2)Image 4: Fruitbodies - in situ - close-upImage 5: Fruitbodies - in situ in long grass
3: Hygrocybe spadicea (Date Waxcap, Date-coloured Waxcap)
19 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in short grass
Image 1: Fruitbody - in situ - close-upImage 2: Fruitbody - in situ - close-up (2)
4: Hygrocybe spadicea (Date Waxcap, Date-coloured Waxcap)
18 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 10’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
3 fruitbodies, in grass
Image 1: Fruitbodies - in situ - side viewImage 2: Fruitbodies - in situ - side view - close-upImage 3: Fruitbodies - in situ - side view - close-up (2)Image 4: Fruitbodies - in situ - top view - close-upImage 5: Fruitbody - cut in half - underside showing gills

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 2014 Readers’ Finds Field Mycology Vol 15 (4): 137-140.
Storey, M. 2007 Readers Finds: Hygrocybe spadicea Vol 8 (1)

Hygrocybe spadicea (Date Waxcap, Date-coloured 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 spadicea (Date Waxcap, Date-coloured Waxcap)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hygrocybe spadicea (Date Waxcap, Date-coloured Waxcap)

Vulnerable

NT

A very rare and distinctive waxcap with a date brown cap and yellow gills. It grows in unfertilised grassland often on the sunniest south-facing slopes, or in sites with exposed limestone. It had a very good year in 2006, fruiting after several years’ absence at most of its historic sites and appearing at several new ones.

Tranche 2, Feb 1999

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