Tuesday 31 October 2017

New waxcap here

Frustratingly I have not got a confirmed ID for what is undoubtedly a new waxcap species for The Beeches. It will be a world heritage site at this rate but I can't add this to the list of confirmed waxcaps yet. I found two pretty far gone examples of a dull orange waxcap with distinct squamules on its dry cap. At first I thought it might be H substrangulata but the environment is not right as it is an acid and bog lover. I am now convinced it is the Goblet Waxcap (Hygrocybe cantharellus) but the specimen I had did not get confirmed before its spores were dried out. Hopefully it will reappear.

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