Vermilion Waxcap - Hygrocybe miniata

A small, bright red, or red-orange mushroom. The cap is typically 1 to 3cm in diameter. Gills are reddish with pale yellow edges, sometimes with a decurrent tooth; broad and fairly distant.

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.