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Hygrocybe coccinea

 

One of the smaller species of red wax cap fungi, Hygrocybe coccinea is an infrequent find on cropped grassland and in woodland clearings. It occurs from late summer to early winter.

Cap

2 to 5 cm in diameter, the cap is blood red and the cap flesh orange.

Gills

Yellow, reddening as the fruit body ages; weakly adnexed or sometimes free; fairly crowded compared with most other wax caps.

Stipe

Red or orange; often a little paler than the cap. Level; no ring; pale orange stem flesh; 5 to 8 mm diameter and 3 to 6 cm tall.

Spore print

White.

Odour/taste

Not distinctive.

Habitat

Woodland clearings and closely cropped or mown grassland where artificial fertilisers are not spread.

Season

September to November.

Occurrence

Infrequent.

Similar species

  1. Hygrocybe conica has a more pointed cap and yellow stem flesh.
  2. Hygrocybe nigrescens turns black with age or when cut.

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