VU — Vulnerable

Veiled Purple Waxcap

Hygrophorus purpurascens

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Agaricales

Family

Hygrophoraceae

Genus

Hygrophorus

Veiled Purple Waxcap belongs to the family Hygrophoraceae, order Agaricales, within the Agaricomycetes class.

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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Veiled Purple Waxcap (Hygrophorus purpurascens). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/veiled-purple-waxcap

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