Hygrocybe vitellina (Fr.) P. Karst.
(a waxcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hygrocybe vitellina (a waxcap)
Subgenus	Pseudohygrocybe (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 vitellina 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 vitellina (a waxcap) :
1: Hygrocybe vitellina (a waxcap)
4 Nov 1984	OSGR: SU26	51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W	Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7)	England
in thick turf of lawn under yew and cedar

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Orton, P.D.	1964	Notes on British Agarics II	Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Vol XXVI, No 1: 43-65.

Hygrocybe vitellina (a 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 vitellina (a waxcap)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hygrocybe vitellina (a waxcap)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hygrocybe vitellina is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)