Hygrocybe citrinovirens

Citrine waxcap
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Hygrocybe
Species:
H. citrinovirens
Binomial name
Hygrocybe citrinovirens
Synonyms
  • Camarophyllus citrinovirens J.E.Lange (1923)
  • Godfrinia citrinovirens (J.E.Lange) Herink (1958)
  • Hygrocybe brevispora F. H. Møller (1945)
  • Godfrinia brevispora (F. H. Møller) Herink (1958)
  • Hygrophorus brevisporus (F. H. Møller) P. D. Orton (1960)

Hygrocybe citrinovirens is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of Citrine Waxcap. The species has a European distribution, occurring mainly in agriculturally unimproved grassland. Threats to its habitat have resulted in the species being assessed as globally "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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