The genus Hygrocybe includes some colourful species. Most species favour unimproved grassland, particularly where it is grazed or cut; they fruit in late summer and continue through to late autumn.

This small yellow waxcap has a greasy head and dry stripe. The cap is hemispherical to convex, later flattening (as in this example) and sometimes with a depressed centre and/or upturned margin.

Captured in Cosmeston Country Park, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.