Tuesday 24 October 2017

My favourite Waxcap

The Splendid Waxcap is appropriately named. I have only seen it here at The Beeches and only once before in 2015. It kindly made its reappearance on book launch day. It is distinguished from the other two big red Waxcaps by a dry cap and a distinctive shade of red, and has a stout contorted stipe and a strongly and sharply umbonate cap.

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