Hygrophorus Fr.
(woodwax toadstools)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Hygrophorus arbustivus Forest Woodwax	Species		2 ident. refs
Hygrophorus camarophyllus Arched Woodwax	Species		1 ident. refs
Hygrophorus chrysodon Gold Flecked Woodwax	Species	42 images	1 ident. refs
Hygrophorus discoxanthus Yellowing Woodwax	Species	14 images
Hygrophorus eburneus Ivory Woodwax, Ivory Wax-cap	Species	8 images	1 ident. refs
Hygrophorus hypothejus Herald Of Winter	Species	16 images
Hygrophorus mesotephrus Ashen Woodwax	Species	7 images
Hygrophorus persoonii a woodwax	Species	15 images
Hygrophorus russula Pinkmottle Woodwax	Species		1 ident. refs
Hygrophorus unicolor Twotone Woodwax	Species		1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Hygrophorus (woodwax toadstools)
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)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Bas, C., Kuper, T.W., Noordeloos, M.E. & Vellinga, E.C.	1990	Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 2	Flora Agaricina Neerlandica, Vol 2, 137pp, A. A. Balkema
Bon, M.	1990	Hygrophoraceae	Documents Mycologiques - Flore Mycologique d'Europe, 1, 99 plus platespp, Marcel Bon
Candusso, M.	1994	Hygrophorus	Fungi Europaei, Vol 6, 784pp, Libreria Basso

Hygrophorus (woodwax toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Hygrophorus (woodwax toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 51 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hygrophorus (woodwax toadstools)

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Hygrophorus Fr.
(woodwax toadstools)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hygrophorus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)