Thursday 3 November 2011

Scarlet Waxcap


I was only vaguely aware of waxcaps before discovering a whole range of them in one of our fields but they are an amazing sight. The extraordinary range of intense colours makes them quite different to other fungi which are (in general) much more subdued in hue. Here is the Scarlet Waxcap (Hygrocybe coccinea.

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