Waxcap #14 - Blushing Waxcap

Surprisingly I missed this until it was well past its best. However it was easy to identify this distinctive Waxcap that has appeared in the East Field for the last few years. The stipe and gills are unique and the gills (and other parts) stain quickly a vivid red/pink colour.

New Species - Silk Button Gall Wasp

I found an Oak leaf on the ground with the underside covered in little galls that are the sexual stage of the Silk Button Gall Wasp (Neuroterus numismalis). The Wasp remains in the gall over Winter emerging in the Spring.

Waxcap #13 - Goblet Waxcap

A surprising number of these are fruiting in the West Field - probably about twenty individual specimens in total.

New Species - King Alfred's Cakes (Daldinia concentrica)

A nice display of this fungus on an Ash stump. Very common but a new one for the list here.

Waxcap #12 - Snowy Waxcap

In the South Field a couple of Snowy Waxcaps are fruiting. Despite being a very common Waxcap I don't see a lot of it here.

Waxcap #11 - Slimy Waxcap

I don't think I recorded the Slimy Waxcap last year so it was good to see it back. With all the recent rain it was particulalry slimy as well.

Waxcap #10 - Meadow Waxcap

It's here in numbers all of a sudden. Our most prolific Waxcap.