MycoKey : the genus Hygrocybe

Generic short diagnoses: "Waxy", white-spored, non-ectotrophic, often brightly coloured agarics with thick lamellae with various attachments; often in semi-natural grasslands or in damp forests; spores inamyloid and smooth, no characteristic cystidia.

Species examples:
Hygrocybe calyptriformis
Hygrocybe ceracea
Hygrocybe chlorophana
Hygrocybe citrinopallida
Hygrocybe coccinea
Hygrocybe conica
Hygrocybe conica 2
Hygrocybe conica 3
Hygrocybe irrigata
Hygrocybe lacmus
Hygrocybe laeta
Hygrocybe lilacina
Hygrocybe miniata
Hygrocybe nitrata
Hygrocybe ovina
Hygrocybe pratensis
Hygrocybe psittacina
Hygrocybe psittacina 2
Hygrocybe psittacina 3
Hygrocybe punicea
Hygrocybe punicea 2
Hygrocybe substrangulata
Hygrocybe turunda
Hygrocybe virginea
Hygrocybe vitellina


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