Hygrocybe intermedia

Hygrocybe intermedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Hygrocybe
Species:
H. intermedia
Binomial name
Hygrocybe intermedia
(Pass.) Fayod (1888 )
Synonyms
  • Hygrophorus intermedius Pass. (1872)
  • Godfrinia intermedia (Pass.) Herink (1958)
  • Pseudohygrocybe intemedia (Pass.) Kovalenko (1988)

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