List of Hygrocybe species

This is an incomplete list of species in the genus Hygrocybe. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 150 species.


 * Hygrocybe acutoconica - persistent waxcap (Europe, North America)
 * Hygrocybe albomarginata - (Puerto Rico)
 * Hygrocybe andersonii - gulfshore waxcap (southeast United States)
 * Hygrocybe anomala - (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe aphylla - (Ecuador)
 * Hygrocybe appalachianensis - Appalachian waxy cap (eastern United States)
 * Hygrocybe astatogala - (Australia, Madagascar, Central Africa, Philippines)
 * Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens - orange waxcap (Europe, North America)
 * Hygrocybe aurantipes  - (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe austrolutea - (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe austropratensis - (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe batesii - (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe batistae - (Puerto Rico)
 * Hygrocybe bolensis - (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe boothii - (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe brunneosquamosa - (Puerto Rico)
 * Hygrocybe calciphila - limestone waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe cantharellus - (North America)
 * Hygrocybe ceracea - butter waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe chloochlora - (Puerto Rico)
 * Hygrocybe chlorophana - golden waxcap (Europe, North America, northern Asia)
 * Hygrocybe cinereofirma - (Puerto Rico)
 * Hygrocybe citrinovirens - citrine waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe coccinea - scarlet waxcap or scarlet hood (Europe, North America, Australia)
 * Hygrocybe coccineocrenata - bog waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe collucera (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe conica - blackening waxcap or witch's hat (Europe, North America, Australia)
 * Hygrocybe conicoides - dune waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe constrictospora - hourglass waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe corsica - (France)
 * Hygrocybe debilipes - (China)
 * Hygrocybe erythrocala - (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe flavescens - (North America)
 * Hygrocybe flavifolia - (North America)
 * Hygrocybe flavocampanulata - (Puerto Rico, Trinidad)
 * Hygrocybe fuhreri - (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe fulgens - (Slovakia)
 * Hygrocybe glutinipes - glutinous waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe griseonigricans - (China)
 * Hygrocybe griseoramosa - (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe helobia - garlic waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe hypohaemacta - (Jamaica, U.S. Virgin Islands)
 * Hygrocybe insipida - spangle waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe intermedia - fibrous waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe kula - (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe laetissima - cherry-red waxy cap (North America)
 * Hygrocybe lanecovensis - (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe laboyi - (Puerto Rico)
 * Hygrocybe lepida - goblet waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe manadukaensis - (Western Ghats, India)
 * Hygrocybe miniata- vermilion waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe miniatofirma - (Puerto Rico)
 * Hygrocybe monscaiensis - (Spain)
 * Hygrocybe mucronella - bitter waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe natarajanii - (India)
 * Hygrocybe neofirma - (Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe)
 * Hygrocybe noelokelani - (Hawaii)
 * Hygrocybe olivaceofirma - (Puerto Rico)
 * Hygrocybe pakelo - (Hawaii)
 * Hygrocybe phaeococcinea - shadowed waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe prieta - (Puerto Rico)
 * Hygrocybe procera - red waxcap (New Zealand)
 * Hygrocybe punicea - crimson waxcap (Europe, North America?)
 * Hygrocybe quieta - oily waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe reesiae - (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe reidii - honey waxcap (Europe, North America?)
 * Hygrocybe rhodophylla- (Italy)
 * Hygrocybe rubida - (India)
 * Hygrocybe rubroconica - (China)
 * Hygrocybe salicis-herbaceae - mountain waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe saltirivula - (Australia)
 * Hygrocybe spadicea - date waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe splendidissima - splendid waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe striatella - (Chile)
 * Hygrocybe subpapillata - papillate waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe substrangulata - waisted waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe turunda - singed waxcap (Europe)
 * Hygrocybe umbilicata - (Bangladesh)
 * Hygrocybe trinitensis - (Puerto Rico)
 * Hygrocybe virescens - lime-green waxy cap (North America)