Hygrocybe glutinipes var rubra Bon
(a glutinous waxcap)

Interactions where Hygrocybe glutinipes var rubra 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 glutinipes var. rubra/Hygrocybe glutinipes var. rubraa glutinous 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

Hygrocybe glutinipes var rubra (a glutinous waxcap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hygrocybe glutinipes var rubra (a glutinous waxcap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
VarietyHygrocybe glutinipes var rubra (a glutinous waxcap)
SpeciesHygrocybe glutinipes (Glutinous Waxcap)
SubgenusHygrocybe ss. (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 glutinipes var rubra (a glutinous waxcap)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Boertmann, D. & Leonard, A.C. 1998 New British records 145: Hygrocybe glutinipes (J. Lange) Haller var. rubra Bon Mycologist Vol 12 (3): 114-115.

Hygrocybe glutinipes var rubra (a glutinous waxcap) 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 glutinipes var rubra (a glutinous waxcap):

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