Neohygrocybe nitrata (Pers.) Herink
(Nitrous Waxcap)

Interactions where Neohygrocybe nitrata 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/Neohygrocybe nitrata/Neohygrocybe nitratanitrous waxcapfruitbody 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

Neohygrocybe nitrata (Nitrous Waxcap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Neohygrocybe nitrata (Nitrous Waxcap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNeohygrocybe nitrata (Nitrous Waxcap)
GenusNeohygrocybe (a genus of fungi)
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 Neohygrocybe nitrata (Nitrous Waxcap)

Neohygrocybe nitrata (Nitrous Waxcap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Neohygrocybe nitrata (Nitrous Waxcap):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 8 images of Neohygrocybe nitrata (Nitrous Waxcap)

A medium-sized waxcap with dark greyish-brown cap contrasting with pale gills and stipe, and a distinctly nitrous smell. It is an uncommon species of unimproved grassland and fixed dunes.

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