Vermilion Waxcap - Hygrocybe miniata
A small, bright red, or red-orange mushroom. The cap is typically 1 to 3cm in diameter and have small scale (squamulous). Gills are reddish with pale yellow edges, sometimes with a decurrent tooth; broad and fairly distant.
There are several very similar small red/orange waxcaps, e.g. Hygrocybe helobia, found in similar habitats
This is a very difficult waxcap to identify, and we recommend that a specimen is examined microscopically by an expert before submission to NatureSpot
Considered an indicator of high quality unimproved grassland, where artificial fertilisers are not spread.
Usually a species of late summer and autumn.
Widespread but rather local in Britain.
Occasional in suitable locations in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Burbage Common new heath area
21 June 2016
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Burbage Common new heath area
21 June 2016
specimen examined
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Species profile
- Common names
- Vermilion Waxcap
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Hygrophoraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 21/06/2016 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 21/06/2016 (Calow, Graham)
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