Thursday 24 September 2015

Golden Waxcap

The Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe chlorophana) is a common waxcap but I still struggle often to decide whether the yellow waxcap in front of me at any particular time is Golden Waxcap or Butter Waxcap or indeed one of the other yellowish waxcaps. I had a look at a group of waxcaps in a neighbour's field and I am reasonably confident they are H. chlorophana. They had the viscid cap, the greasy stipe, the stipe flattened and split and the distant gills so I guess they must be. I look forward to the day when I can tell from a few yards away which of the damn yellow waxcaps is in front of me.

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