| 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 example: |

Hygrocybe conica - DK: kegle-vokshat UK: Blackening Waxcap |
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