Another new Waxcap - Garlic Waxcap - #14 for 2023

Having recently confirmed a major new species - the Papillate Waxcap, another rarely recorded Waxcap has turned up. This time in the West Field a small group of Garlic Waxcaps (Hygrocybe helobia) appeared . I knew right away from the squamules on the cap that it was one of just a few possible species and everything fitted for Garlic Waxcap but I wasn't getting the smell from the first couple I found. However a second fruiting produced the smell of garlic which was confirmed, unprompted, by a neighbour. Two new Waxcaps in one season - amazing.