Cuphophyllus flavipes

Cuphophyllus flavipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Cuphophyllus
Species:
C. flavipes
Binomial name
Cuphophyllus flavipes
(Britzelm.) Bon (1985)
Synonyms
  • Hygrophorus flavipes Britzelm. (1891)
  • Camarophyllus flavipes (Britzelm.) Clémençon (1982)
  • Hygrocybe flavipes (Britzelm.) Bon (1984)

Cuphophyllus flavipes is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of yellow foot 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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