Hygrocybe quieta

Hygrocybe quieta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Hygrocybe
Species:
H. quieta
Binomial name
Hygrocybe quieta
(Kühner) Singer (1951)
Synonyms

Hygrophorus quietus Kühner (1947)
Hygrocybe obrussea sensu Arnolds (1986)

Hygrocybe quieta is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of oily waxcap in the UK. The species has a European distribution and typically occurs in grassland where it produces basidiocarps (fruit bodies) in the autumn. Threats to its habitat have resulted in the species being assessed as globally "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.