This is an incomplete list of species in the genus Hygrocybe. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 150 species.
Hygrocybe acutoconica - persistent waxcap (Europe, North America) Hygrocybe albomarginata - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe anomala - (Australia) Hygrocybe aphylla - (Ecuador) Hygrocybe appalachianensis - Appalachian waxy cap (eastern United States) Hygrocybe astatogala - (Australia, Madagascar, Central Africa, Philippines) Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens - orange waxcap (Europe, North America) Hygrocybe aurantipes - (Australia) Hygrocybe austrolutea - (Australia) Hygrocybe austropratensis - (Australia) Hygrocybe batesii - (Australia) Hygrocybe batistae - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe bolensis - (Australia) Hygrocybe boothii - (Australia) Hygrocybe brunneosquamosa - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe calciphila - limestone waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe cantharellus - (North America) Hygrocybe ceracea - butter waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe chloochlora - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe chlorophana - golden waxcap (Europe, North America, northern Asia) Hygrocybe cinereofirma - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe citrinovirens - citrine waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe coccinea - scarlet waxcap or scarlet hood (Europe, North America, Australia) Hygrocybe coccineocrenata - bog waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe collucera (Australia) Hygrocybe conica - blackening waxcap or witch's hat (Europe, North America, Australia) Hygrocybe conicoides - dune waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe constrictospora - hourglass waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe corsica - (France) Hygrocybe erythrocala - (Australia) Hygrocybe flavescens - (North America) Hygrocybe flavifolia - (North America) Hygrocybe flavocampanulata - (Puerto Rico, Trinidad) Hygrocybe fuhreri - (Australia) Hygrocybe fulgens - (Slovakia) Hygrocybe glutinipes - glutinous waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe griseoramosa - (Australia) Hygrocybe helobia - garlic waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe hypohaemacta - (Jamaica, U.S. Virgin Islands) Hygrocybe insipida - spangle waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe intermedia - fibrous waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe kula - (Australia) Hygrocybe lanecovensis - (Australia) Hygrocybe laboyi - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe lepida - goblet waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe manadukaensis - (Western Ghats, India) Hygrocybe miniata- vermilion waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe miniatofirma - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe monscaiensis - (Spain) Hygrocybe mucronella - bitter waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe natarajanii - (India) Hygrocybe neofirma - (Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe) Hygrocybe noelokelani - (Hawaii) Hygrocybe olivaceofirma - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe pakelo - (Hawaii) Hygrocybe phaeococcinea - shadowed waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe prieta - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe procera - red waxcap (New Zealand) Hygrocybe punicea - crimson waxcap (Europe, North America?) Hygrocybe quieta - oily waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe reesiae - (Australia) Hygrocybe reidii - honey waxcap (Europe, North America?) Hygrocybe rhodophylla- (Italy) Hygrocybe rubida - (India) Hygrocybe salicis-herbaceae - mountain waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe saltirivula - (Australia) Hygrocybe spadicea - date waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe splendidissima - splendid waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe striatella - (Chile) Hygrocybe subpapillata - papillate waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe substrangulata - waisted waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe turunda - singed waxcap (Europe) Hygrocybe umbilicata - (Bangladesh) Hygrocybe trinitensis - (Puerto Rico) Hygrocybe virescens - lime-green waxy cap (North America)