Tuesday 25 June 2019

First waxcap of the year -Citrine Waxcap

It is usually one of the early ones but is earlier than usual this year - my previous earliest waxcap was 30th June. This was spotted on the 22nd and had been fruiting for a couple of days by the look of it. The Citrine Waxcap (Hygrocybe citrinovirens) is regarded as uncommon but I get a lot of them here and see it elsewhere reasonably often. It is distinguished in part by a unique greeny yellow colour of cap and stipe (rather faded in this example) and gills which are whiteish tinted with a delicate green.

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