This is an inexhaustive list of species in the genus Hygrocybe. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 150 species.
Subgenus Hygrocybe Section Chlorophanae
Hygrocybe chimaeroderma - (Caribbean) Hygrocybe chlorophana - golden waxcap (Europe, North America, northern Asia) Hygrocybe flavescens - (North America) Hygrocybe glutinipes - glutinous waxcap (Europe) Section Hygrocybe Subsection Hygrocybe
Hygrocybe astatogala - (Australia, Madagascar, Central Africa, Philippines) Hygrocybe atrosquamosa - (Caribbean, South America, India) Hygrocybe conica - blackening waxcap or witch's hat (Europe, North America, Australia) Hygrocybe conicoides - dune waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe cuspidata - candy apple waxcap (North America) Hygrocybe debilipes - (China) Hygrocybe griseonigricans - (China) Hygrocybe luteistipes - (Costa Rica, Caribbean) Hygrocybe nigrescens - blackening waxcap (Europe, Africa) Hygrocybe olivaceonigra - (Europe, North America) Hygrocybe parabolica - (Dominican Republic) Hygrocybe riparia - (Europe) Hygrocybe rubroconica - (China) Hygrocybe santagouana - (China) Hygrocybe singeri - western witch's hat (North America) Hygrocybe xerophila - (North America) Subsection Macrosporae Hygrocybe acutoconica - persistent waxcap (Europe, North America, Australia) Hygrocybe llistosellae - (Balearic Islands) Hygrocybe perdomoi - (North America) Hygrocybe spadicea - date waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe striatolutea - (New Zealand) Hygrocybe zuluensis - (South Africa) Section Microsporae
Hygrocybe citrinovirens - citrine waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe intermedia - fibrous waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe virescens - lime-green waxy cap (North America) Section Pseudofirmae
Hygrocybe amazoniensis - (Brazil) Hygrocybe appalachianensis - Appalachian waxy cap (eastern United States) Hygrocybe campinaranae - (Brazil) Hygrocybe chloochlora - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe cristalinoensis - (Brazil) Hygrocybe jarabacoensis - (Dominican Republic) Hygrocybe megistospora - (Brazil) Hygrocybe mirabilis - (Belize) Hygrocybe naranjana - (Colombia) Hygrocybe neofirma - (Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe) Hygrocybe occidentalis - (Puerto Rico, Colombia) Hygrocybe pegleri - (Brazil) Hygrocybe prieta - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe rosea - (South America) Hygrocybe trinitensis - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe vinaceosquamulosa - (Brazil) Hygrocybe viridilacerata - (Brazil) Section Velosae Hygrocybe hypohaemacta - (Jamaica, U.S. Virgin Islands) Hygrocybe pseudohypohaemacta - (Belize, French Guiana, Dominican Republic) Hygrocybe roseopallida - (Central America) Hygrocybe variecolor - (Dominican Republic) Incertae sedis within subgenus Hygrocybe Hygrocybe helobia - garlic waxcap (Europe)
Subgenus Pseudohygrocybe Section Coccineae
Subsection Coccineae Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens - orange waxcap (Europe, North America) Hygrocybe coccinea - scarlet waxcap or scarlet hood (Europe, North America, Australia) Hygrocybe punicea - crimson waxcap (Europe, North America?) Hygrocybe purpureofolia - purple-gilled waxcap (North America) Hygrocybe sanguineolutea - (Europe) Subsection Siccae Hygrocybe julietae - (New Zealand) Hygrocybe reidii - honey waxcap (Europe, North America?) Subsection Squamulosae Hygrocybe caespitosa - clustered waxcap (eastern North America) Hygrocybe cantharellus - chanterelle waxcap (North America) Hygrocybe coccineocrenata - bog waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe melleofusca - (North America) Hygrocybe monscaiensis - (Spain) Hygrocybe squamosissima - (Southern Europe) Hygrocybe substrangulata - waisted waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe turunda - singed waxcap or craberry waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe umbilicata - (Bangladesh) Incertae sedis within section Coccineae Hygrocybe alpina - (Europe) Hygrocybe amara - (Europe) Hygrocybe aurantiocitrina - (Europe) Hygrocybe aurisquama - (China) Hygrocybe ceracea - butter waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe constrictospora - hourglass waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe garajonayensis - (Canary Islands) Hygrocybe insipida - spangle waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe madeirensis - (Madeira) Hygrocybe mucronella - bitter waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe parvula - (North America) Hygrocybe quieta - oily waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe salicis-herbaceae - mountain waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe splendidissima - splendid waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe viridiphylla - (North America, South America) Hygrocybe vulcanica - (Portugal) Section Firmae Hygrocybe aurantiomagnifica - (Brazil) Hygrocybe batistae - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe boothii - (Australia) Hygrocybe firma - (Australia, New Zealand, Asia) Hygrocybe macrosiparia - (Ecuador) Hygrocybe martinicensis - (Martinique, Brazil) Hygrocybe miniatofirma - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe rubroalba - (Brazil) Hygrocybe rubrocarnosa - (New Zealand) Incertae sedis within subgenus Pseudohygrocybe
Hygrocybe andersonii - gulfshore waxcap (southeast United States) Hygrocybe calciphila - limestone waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe cortinarioides - (China) Hygrocybe fuscoaurantiaca - (New Zealand) Hygrocybe keithgeorgei - (New Zealand) Hygrocybe lilaceolamellata - (Australia, New Zealand) Hygrocybe miniata - vermilion waxcap or miniature waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe phaeococcinea - shadowed waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe sinorubra - (China)
Not assigned to a subgenus
Hygrocybe albomarginata - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe americana - (Western North America) Hygrocybe anisa - (Sri Lanka, India) Hygrocybe anomala - (Australia) Hygrocybe aphylla - (Ecuador) Hygrocybe atro-olivacea - (Europe, North America) Hygrocybe aurantiorufa - (South Africa) Hygrocybe aurantipes - (Australia) Hygrocybe austrolutea - (Australia) Hygrocybe austropratensis - (Australia) Hygrocybe batesii - (Australia) Hygrocybe blanda - (New Zealand) Hygrocybe bolensis - (Australia) Hygrocybe brunnea - (New Zealand) Hygrocybe brunneosquamosa - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe californica - (North America) Hygrocybe cavipes - (New Zealand) Hygrocybe cerasinomutata - (Australia) Hygrocybe cerinolutea - (New Zealand) Hygrocybe chamaeleon - chamaeleon waxcap (North America) Hygrocybe cinereofirma - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe collucera - (Australia) Hygrocybe constans - (Europe, North America) Hygrocybe corsica - (France) Hygrocybe discolor - (South Africa) Hygrocybe elegans - (New Zealand) Hygrocybe erythrocala - (Australia) Hygrocybe erythrocrenata - (Australia) Hygrocybe flammans - (Australia) Hygrocybe flavifolia - golden-gilled waxcap (North America) Hygrocybe flavocampanulata - (Puerto Rico, Trinidad) Hygrocybe flavolutea - (Jamaica) Hygrocybe fuhreri - (Australia) Hygrocybe fulgens - (Slovakia) Hygrocybe fuliginata - (New Zealand) Hygrocybe glacialis - (Europe, North America) Hygrocybe griseoramosa - (Australia) Hygrocybe hapuuae - halo'o hupu'u (Hawaii) Hygrocybe hololeuca - (Australia) Hygrocybe huronensis - (North America) Hygrocybe hypospoda - (Australia) Hygrocybe ignipileata - (South America) Hygrocybe incolor - (Australia) Hygrocybe iropus - (Australia) Hygrocybe jackmanii - (Canada) Hygrocybe kula - (Australia) Hygrocybe laboyi - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe laetissima - cherry-red waxy cap (North America) Hygrocybe lamalama - (Hawaii) Hygrocybe lanecovensis - (Australia) Hygrocybe lepida - goblet waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe leucogloea - (Australia) Hygrocybe magnifica - (Brazil) Hygrocybe manadukaensis - (Western Ghats, India) Hygrocybe marchii - (Europe) Hygrocybe mexicana - (North America, South America, Hawaii, India) Hygrocybe miniceps - (New Zealand) Hygrocybe minimiholatra - (Madagascar) Hygrocybe minutula - (Europe, North America) Hygrocybe mitsinjoensi - (Madagascar) Hygrocybe moseri - (Europe) Hygrocybe mutabilis - (Brazil) Hygrocybe natarajanii - (India) Hygrocybe noelokelani - (Hawaii) Hygrocybe olivaceofirma - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe olivaceoviridis - (Japan) Hygrocybe pakelo - (Hawaii) Hygrocybe paraceracea - (Europe) Hygrocybe paraibensis - (Brazil) Hygrocybe parviholatra - (Madagascar) Hygrocybe peckii - (North America) Hygrocybe pellucida - (India) Hygrocybe pernambucensis - (Brazil) Hygrocybe polychroma - (Western Australia) Hygrocybe procera - red waxcap (New Zealand) Hygrocybe puaena - (Hawaii) Hygrocybe reesiae - (Australia) Hygrocybe rhodoleuca - (Brazil) Hygrocybe rhodophylla - (Italy) Hygrocybe rodwayi - (Australia) Hygrocybe roseoflavida - (Australia, New Zealand) Hygrocybe rubida - (India) Hygrocybe rubra - (North America) Hygrocybe rubronivea - (Australia) Hygrocybe saltirivula - (Australia) Hygrocybe sangayensis - (Ecuador) Hygrocybe schistophila - (Australia) Hygrocybe siccitatipapillata - (Australia) Hygrocybe silvae-araucariae - (Brazil) Hygrocybe similis - (Asia) Hygrocybe siparia - (Brazil) Hygrocybe snigdha - (India) Hygrocybe solis - (Madagascar) Hygrocybe squamulosa - (North America) Hygrocybe striatella - (Chile) Hygrocybe subcaespitosa - (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic) Hygrocybe subceracea - (North America) Hygrocybe subflavida - (Trinidad, Cuba, South America) Hygrocybe subglobispora - (Europe) Hygrocybe subminiata - (North America) Hygrocybe subpapillata - papillate waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe suzukaensis - (Japan) Hygrocybe swanetica - (Russia, Georgia) Hygrocybe sylvaria - (Australia) Hygrocybe tahquamenonensis - (North America) Hygrocybe troyana - (Jamaica, South America) Hygrocybe vintsy - (Madagascar) Hygrocybe viscidibrunnea - (Australia) Hygrocybe waolipo - (Hawaii) Hygrocybe watagensis - (Australia) Hygrocybe xanthopoda - (Australia, India)
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