This is an incomplete list of species in the
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Hygrocybe
''Hygrocybe'' is a genus of agarics (gilled fungi) in the family Hygrophoraceae. Called waxcaps in English (sometimes waxy caps in North America), basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are often brightly coloured and have dry to waxy pileus (mycology), cap ...
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Hygrocybe acutoconica'' - persistent waxcap (Europe, North America, Australia)
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Hygrocybe albomarginata'' - (Puerto Rico)
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Hygrocybe andersonii'' - gulfshore waxcap (southeast United States)
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Hygrocybe anomala'' - (Australia)
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Hygrocybe aphylla'' - (Ecuador)
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Hygrocybe appalachianensis'' - Appalachian waxy cap (eastern United States)
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Hygrocybe astatogala'' - (Australia, Madagascar, Central Africa, Philippines)
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Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens'' - orange waxcap (Europe, North America)
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Hygrocybe aurantipes '' - (Australia)
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Hygrocybe austrolutea'' - (Australia)
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Hygrocybe austropratensis'' - (Australia)
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Hygrocybe batesii'' - (Australia)
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Hygrocybe batistae'' - (Puerto Rico)
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Hygrocybe bolensis'' - (Australia)
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Hygrocybe boothii'' - (Australia)
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Hygrocybe brunneosquamosa'' - (Puerto Rico)
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Hygrocybe calciphila'' - limestone waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe cantharellus'' - (North America)
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Hygrocybe ceracea'' - butter waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe chloochlora'' - (Puerto Rico)
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Hygrocybe chlorophana'' - golden waxcap (Europe, North America, northern Asia)
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Hygrocybe cinereofirma'' - (Puerto Rico)
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Hygrocybe citrinovirens
''Hygrocybe citrinovirens'' is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of Citrine Waxcap. The species has a European distribution, occurring mainly in agriculturally unimp ...
'' - citrine waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe coccinea'' - scarlet waxcap or scarlet hood (Europe, North America, Australia)
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Hygrocybe coccineocrenata'' - bog waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe collucera'' (Australia)
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Hygrocybe conica
''Hygrocybe conica'' is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. In the UK it has been given the recommended English name of blackening waxcap, since all parts of the basidiocarp (fruit body) blacken with age. In North ...
'' - blackening waxcap or witch's hat (Europe, North America, Australia)
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Hygrocybe conicoides'' - dune waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe constrictospora'' - hourglass waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe corsica'' - (France)
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Hygrocybe debilipes'' - (China)
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Hygrocybe erythrocala'' - (Australia)
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Hygrocybe flavescens'' - (North America)
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Hygrocybe flavifolia
''Hygrocybe flavifolia'' is a mushroom of the waxcap genus ''Hygrocybe''. Found in North America, it was described as new to science by Alexander H. Smith and Lexemuel Ray Hesler in 1942 as a species of ''Hygrophorus''. Rolf Singer transferred ...
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Hygrocybe flavocampanulata'' - (Puerto Rico, Trinidad)
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Hygrocybe fuhreri'' - (Australia)
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Hygrocybe fulgens'' - (Slovakia)
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Hygrocybe glutinipes'' - glutinous waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe griseonigricans'' - (China)
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Hygrocybe griseoramosa'' - (Australia)
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Hygrocybe helobia'' - garlic waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe hypohaemacta'' - (Jamaica, U.S. Virgin Islands)
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Hygrocybe insipida'' - spangle waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe intermedia'' - fibrous waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe kula'' - (Australia)
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Hygrocybe laetissima'' - cherry-red waxy cap (North America)
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Hygrocybe lanecovensis'' - (Australia)
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Hygrocybe laboyi'' - (Puerto Rico)
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Hygrocybe lepida'' - goblet waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe manadukaensis'' - (Western Ghats, India)
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Hygrocybe miniata''- vermilion waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe miniatofirma'' - (Puerto Rico)
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Hygrocybe monscaiensis'' - (Spain)
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Hygrocybe mucronella'' - bitter waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe natarajanii'' - (India)
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Hygrocybe neofirma'' - (Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe)
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Hygrocybe noelokelani'' - (Hawaii)
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Hygrocybe olivaceofirma'' - (Puerto Rico)
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Hygrocybe pakelo'' - (Hawaii)
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Hygrocybe phaeococcinea'' - shadowed waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe prieta'' - (Puerto Rico)
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Hygrocybe procera'' - red waxcap (New Zealand)
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Hygrocybe punicea
''Hygrocybe punicea'' is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of crimson waxcap.
The species has a European distribution, occurring mainly in agriculturally unimprove ...
'' - crimson waxcap (Europe, North America?)
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Hygrocybe quieta'' - oily waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe reesiae'' - (Australia)
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Hygrocybe reidii'' - honey waxcap (Europe, North America?)
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Hygrocybe rhodophylla''- (Italy)
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Hygrocybe rubida'' - (India)
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Hygrocybe rubroconica'' - (China)
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Hygrocybe rubrocarnosa -'' (New Zealand)
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Hygrocybe salicis-herbaceae'' - mountain waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe saltirivula'' - (Australia)
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Hygrocybe spadicea
''Hygrocybe spadicea'' is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of Date Waxcap. The species has a European distribution, occurring mainly in agriculturally unimproved gr ...
'' - date waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe splendidissima
''Hygrocybe splendidissima'', is a speciesof agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of splendid waxcap. The species has a European distribution, occurring mainly in agriculturally uni ...
'' - splendid waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe striatella'' - (Chile)
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Hygrocybe subpapillata'' - papillate waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe substrangulata'' - waisted waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe turunda'' - singed waxcap (Europe)
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Hygrocybe umbilicata'' - (Bangladesh)
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Hygrocybe trinitensis'' - (Puerto Rico)
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Hygrocybe virescens'' - lime-green waxy cap (North America)
References
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[{{cite journal , vauthors=Læssøe T, Boertmann D , title=A new alamellate ''Hygrocybe'' species from Ecuador , journal=Mycological Research , year=2008 , volume=112 , issue=10 , pages=1206–1209 , doi=10.1016/j.mycres.2008.04.002 , pmid=18703325]
[{{cite journal , vauthors=Vrinda KB, Varghese SP, Pradeep CK , title=''Hygrocybe rubida'', a new species from Kerala State, India , journal=Mycoscience , year=2013 , volume=54 , issue=4 , pages=271–273 , doi=10.1016/j.myc.2012.10.003, doi-access=free ]
[{{cite journal , vauthors=Hosen MI, Li TH, Aminuzzaman FM, Islam MR , title=''Hygrocybe umbilicata'' sp. nov., with first generic report for Bangladesh and its phylogenetic placement , journal=Phytotaxa , year=2016 , volume=280 , issue=1 , pages=070–076 , doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.280.1.7]
[{{cite journal , vauthors=Cibula WG, Weber NS
, title=''Hygrocybe andersonii'' Hygrocybe andersonii a new psammophilus Hygrocybe from Horn Island, a Mississippi barrier island
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Hygrocybe
''Hygrocybe'' is a genus of agarics (gilled fungi) in the family Hygrophoraceae. Called waxcaps in English (sometimes waxy caps in North America), basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are often brightly coloured and have dry to waxy pileus (mycology), cap ...
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