Hygrocybe punicea

Hygrocybe punicea
Hygrocybe punicea, England
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Hygrocybe
Species:
H. punicea
Binomial name
Hygrocybe punicea
(Fr.) P. Kumm. (1871)
Synonyms
  • Agaricus puniceus Fr. (1821)
  • Hygrophorus puniceus (Fr.) Fr. (1838)
  • Godfrinia punicea (Fr.) Herink (1958)
  • Pseudohygrocybe punicea (Fr.) Kovalenko (1988)

Hygrocybe punicea is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of crimson waxcap.[2] The species has a European distribution,[1] occurring mainly in agriculturally unimproved grassland. Threats to its habitat have resulted in the species being assessed as globally "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1] Records of H. punicea from North America (where it is called scarlet waxy cap and occurs in woodland),[3] East Asia, and Australia require further research to see if they represent the same species.[1]

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