HYGROPHORACEAE Lotsy
(waxcaps and woodwaxes)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Ampulloclitocybe clavipes Club Foot	Species		11 images
Chromosera	Genus	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
Cuphophyllus a subgenus of waxcaps	Genus	11 subtaxa	154 images	4 ident. refs
Gliophorus a genus of waxcaps	Genus	6 subtaxa	89 images	5 ident. refs
Gloioxanthomyces	Genus	1 subtaxa	11 images	1 ident. refs
Hygrocybe waxcaps, waxcap mushrooms	Genus	27 subtaxa	825 images	30 ident. refs
Hygrophorus woodwax toadstools	Genus	10 subtaxa	102 images	10 ident. refs
Lichenomphalia basidiolichen toadstools	Genus	2 subtaxa	52 images	2 ident. refs
Neohygrocybe a genus of fungi	Genus	3 subtaxa	26 images
Porpolomopsis	Genus	1 subtaxa	34 images	2 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

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)

HYGROPHORACEAE is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

HYGROPHORACEAE (waxcaps and woodwaxes) may 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)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HYGROPHORACEAE (waxcaps and woodwaxes)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 165 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HYGROPHORACEAE (waxcaps and woodwaxes)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

HYGROPHORACEAE is also a member of:

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