Crimson Waxcap

(Hygrocybe punicea)

Conservation Status
Crimson Waxcap
 
  IUCN Red List

not listed

 
  NatureServe

not listed

 
  Minnesota

not listed

 
           
           
           
 
Description
 
 

 

 
     
 

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Ecology
 
 

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Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

4, 7, 24, 26, 29, 30, 77.

 
  1/23/2023      
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

 

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Fungi (fungi)  
  Subkingdom Dikarya  
  Division Basidiomycota (club fungi)  
  Subdivision Agaricomycotina (jelly fungi, yeasts, and mushrooms)  
  Class Agaricomycetes (mushrooms, bracket fungi, puffballs, and allies)  
  Subclass Agaricomycetidae  
  Order Agaricales (common gilled mushrooms and allies)  
  Suborder Hygrophorineae  
  Family Hygrophoraceae  
  Subfamily Hygrocyboideae  
  Tribe Hygrocybeae  
  Genus Hygrocybe (waxcaps)  
  Subgenus Pseudohygrocybe  
  Section Coccineae  
  Subsection Coccineae  
       
 

Synonyms

 
  Hygrophorus puniceus  
       
 

Common Names

 
 

Crimson Waxcap

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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Cap

 
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Gills

 
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Stalk

 
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  Angela
9/25/2016

Location: East of Lake Mille Lacs. Malmo Township. 

 
  Matt Pariseau
8/31/2016

Location: hwy 18 just west of Garrison, MN

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