Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus

Glistening Waxcap
	Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus, Norway
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hygrophoraceae
Genus:	Gloioxanthomyces
Species:	G. vitellinus
Binomial name
	Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus; (Fr.) Lodge, Vizzini, Ercole & Boertm. (2013)
Synonyms
	Hygrophorus vitellinus Fr. (1863); Hygrocybe vitellina (Fr.) P.Karst. (1879); Hygrocybe luteolaeta Arnolds (1985); Gliophorus luteolaetus (Arnolds) Kovalenko (1988); Gliophorus vitellinus (Fr.) Kovalenko (1988); Hygrocybe laeta var. luteolaeta (Arnolds) Bon (1989);

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

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