Waxcap #9 - Scarlet Waxcap

The Waxcap action has been slow this year here but here is one of the regulars - the Scarlet Waxcap (Hygrocybe coccinea). It is fruiting in the East Field but the photo is an old one as the sheep or other animal had trampled these ones.

Sheep back on the meadows work

We didn't manage to get the sheep here last year for the first time but we have five hard-working Jacobs Sheep doing some aftermath grazing this year. Of course we also have deer and rabbits grazing so between the lot of them the job should get done. The grass is more plentiful than last year partly because of weather and partly because I cut a little earlier so the grazing is definitely needed.

Waxcap #8 - Pale Waxcap

An old photo as the specimen was damaged. Interestingly it was in the lawn area near the house where increasingly I'm finding waxcaps in the last few years. This area is getting slightly different treatment to the fields with very little cutting taking place as the rabbits keep the sward shortish. The key point is no nutrients or chemicals so the fungi thrive.