Hygrocybe chlorophana

Hygrocybe chlorophana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hygrophoraceae
Genus:	Hygrocybe
Species:	H. chlorophana
Binomial name
Hygrocybe chlorophana (Fr.) Wünsche (1877)
Synonyms
Agaricus chlorophanus Fr. (1821) Hygrophorus chlorophanus (Fr.) Fr. (1838) Godfrinia chlorophana (Fr.) Herink (1958) Hygrocybe euroflavescens Kühner (1976) Hygrophorus euroflavescens (Kühner) Dennis (1986)

Hygrocybe chlorophana is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of golden waxcap in the UK.^[1] The species has a largely north temperate distribution, occurring in grassland in Europe and in woodland in North America and northern Asia; it has also been reported from mountainous areas of southern Australia. It typically produces basidiocarps (fruit bodies) in the autumn. In a few European countries, H. chlorophana is of conservation concern, appearing on national red lists of threatened fungi.