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.^[1]

• Hygrocybe acutoconica - persistent waxcap (Europe, North America, Australia)
• Hygrocybe albomarginata - (Puerto Rico)
• Hygrocybe alpina - (Europe)
• Hygrocybe amara - (Europe)
• Hygrocybe andersonii - gulfshore waxcap (southeast United States)^[2]
• Hygrocybe anomala - (Australia)
• Hygrocybe aphylla - (Ecuador)^[3]
• 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 garajonayensis - (Canary Islands)
• 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 madeirensis - (Madeira)
• 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)^[4]
• 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)^[5]
• Hygrocybe rubroconica - (China)
• Hygrocybe rubrocarnosa - (New Zealand)
• 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)^[6]
• Hygrocybe trinitensis - (Puerto Rico)
• Hygrocybe virescens - lime-green waxy cap (North America)