Toasted Waxcap

Toasted Waxcap - Cuphophyllus colemannianus

Alternative names
Hygrocybe colemanniana
Description

A waxcap with a warm brown, slightly greasy cap with paler striate edge, whitish fibrillose stipe and decurrent gills.  The gills are interconnected with veins.  

Similar Species

There are several similar species of waxcap, including the brownish/ochraceous form of the common Snowy Waxcap

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph cap, stipe and gills.

Habitat

old uncultivated grasslands, mown or grazed

VC55 Status

Uncommon or rarely recorded

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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All NatureSpot records