New Species - Toasted Waxcap

Waxcap number 22 for the season and also number 28 for the site - the Toasted Waxcap (Cuphophyllus colemannianus). I nearly missed this one as a glance a couple of days previously made me think it was some more Snowy Waxcaps (of which there was a clump not too far away). However the colour and size were not right and closer examination showed it to be the Toasted Waxcap - albeit one at the lighter end of the colour range. Now we are getting some frosts I am not sure we will have many more waxcaps here. There are mainly Meadow, Scarlet and some fading Pink and Golden waxcaps left. That means so far no Splendid, Crimson, Slimy or Vermilion waxcaps this year.