Fibrous Waxcap - Hygrocybe intermedia
Description
Conical then expanding, sometimes lobed, surface dry and fibrous, centre scurfy, red then orange or orange-yellow, to about 6 cm across. Gills are only partly attached or free, whitish to pale yellow, thick, edge sometimes serrated.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
In unimproved grassland.
When to see it
Autumn
UK Status
A widespread but not particularly common species in Britain.
VC55 Status
Rare in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Thornton Reservoir
13 November 2004
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