Snowy Waxcap - Hygrocybe virginea

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Description

Hygrocybe virginea has a white or yellowy brown waxy cap, and few wide spaced gills that run down the stem, cap becoming flattened, and often upturned.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Short turf and lawns.

When to see it

Autumn

UK Status

Fairly common in Britain.

VC55 Status

Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.

  • David Nicholls
    Burbage Common
    22 October 2005
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote garden1
    23 October 2009
  • Lostash
    Whetstone Cemetary
    27 November 2011
  • AJ Cann
    Lea Meadows
    08 October 2017
  • AJ Cann
    Lea Meadows
    08 October 2017
    Spore print white

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015

UK Map

  • David Nicholls
    Thornton Reservoir
    13 November 2004
  • David Nicholls
    Burbage Common
    22 October 2005