Hygrocybe salicis-herbaceae Kühner
(Mountain Waxcap)

Interactions where Hygrocybe salicis-herbaceae 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 Salix herbacea Dwarf Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae 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 salicis-herbaceae/Hygrocybe salicis-herbaceaemountain waxcapfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix herbacea/Salix herbaceadwarf willowlive

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 salicis-herbaceae (Mountain Waxcap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hygrocybe salicis-herbaceae (Mountain Waxcap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrocybe salicis-herbaceae (Mountain Waxcap)
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 salicis-herbaceae (Mountain Waxcap)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Wright, M.A. 1998 New British records 144. Hygrocybe salicis-herbaceae Kuhner Mycologist Vol 12 (3): 114.

Hygrocybe salicis-herbaceae (Mountain Waxcap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Taylor, J. 2001 Arctic alpine fungi of the English Lake District Field Mycology Vol 2 (3): 105-107.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hygrocybe salicis-herbaceae (Mountain Waxcap):

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