Hygrocybe glutinipes var rubra Bon
(a glutinous waxcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Variety	Hygrocybe glutinipes var rubra (a glutinous waxcap)
Species	Hygrocybe glutinipes (Glutinous Waxcap)
Subgenus	Hygrocybe ss. (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 glutinipes var rubra 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.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Boertmann, D. & Leonard, A.C.	1998	New British records 145: Hygrocybe glutinipes (J. Lange) Haller var. rubra Bon	Mycologist Vol 12 (3): 114-115.

Hygrocybe glutinipes var rubra (a glutinous 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 glutinipes var rubra (a glutinous waxcap)

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

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hygrocybe glutinipes var rubra is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)