Hygrocybe coccinea (Schaeff.) P. Kumm.
(Scarlet Waxcap, Scarlet Hood)

Interactions where Hygrocybe coccinea is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with live POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae/Hygrocybe coccinea/Hygrocybe coccineascarlet waxcap, scarlet hoodfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchlive

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Hygrocybe coccinea (Scarlet Waxcap, Scarlet Hood) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hygrocybe coccinea (Scarlet Waxcap, Scarlet Hood) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrocybe coccinea (Scarlet Waxcap, Scarlet Hood)
SubgenusPseudohygrocybe (a subgenus of waxcaps)
GenusHygrocybe (waxcaps, waxcap mushrooms)
FamilyHYGROPHORACEAE (waxcaps and woodwaxes)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hygrocybe coccinea (Scarlet Waxcap, Scarlet Hood)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Holden, MN. 1989 Fungi in gardens. First Steps Mycologist Vol 03 (2): 78-79.

Hygrocybe coccinea (Scarlet Waxcap, Scarlet Hood) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hygrocybe coccinea (Scarlet Waxcap, Scarlet Hood):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 40 images of Hygrocybe coccinea (Scarlet Waxcap, Scarlet Hood)

A medium-sized waxcap characterised by a lubricous, scarlet (the colour of fresh blood), +/- convex cap, broadly adnate gills and a dry stem. Common and widespread in unfertilised grassland, fixed dunes, lawns and also deciduous woodland and scrub.

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