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 example:


Hygrocybe ovina - DK: rødmende vokshat UK: Blushing Waxcap
Photo and © Jan Vesterholt
Denmark, JV93-823

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