Hygrocybe punicea (Fr.) P. Kumm.
(Crimson Waxcap)

Interactions where Hygrocybe punicea is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with live POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae/Hygrocybe punicea/Hygrocybe puniceacrimson waxcapfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchlive

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Storey, M.W., 2015Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guidewww.bioimages.org.uk

Hygrocybe punicea (Crimson Waxcap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hygrocybe punicea (Crimson Waxcap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrocybe punicea (Crimson 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hygrocybe punicea (Crimson Waxcap)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Holden, L. 2013 Can higher plant surveys be used to pick out important waxcap grassland sites in conservation assessment projects? Field Mycology Vol 14 (4): 120-123.

Hygrocybe punicea (Crimson Waxcap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 1995 Vol 9 Part 3 - Rear cover Mycologist Vol 9 (2): Rear cover.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hygrocybe punicea (Crimson Waxcap):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 31 images of Hygrocybe punicea (Crimson Waxcap)

This is the largest waxcap and its sticky, deep red caps, the colour of dried blood, are the best indicator of unimproved grassland. The gills are narrowly adnate and the stipe coarsely fibrillose. It grows in unfertilised grassland and fixed dunes.

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A good indicator for very long continuity of unfertilised grassland

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