Hygrocybe spadicea

Date waxcap
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hygrophoraceae
Genus:	Hygrocybe
Species:	H. spadicea
Binomial name
	Hygrocybe spadicea; (Scop.) P. Karst. (1879)
Synonyms
	Agaricus spadiceus Scop. (1772); Hygrophorus spadiceus (Scop.) Fr. (1838); Godfrinia spadicea (Scop.) Herink (1958);

Hygrocybe spadicea is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of Date 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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