Gateshead Birders

Fungi

Orange Waxcap


Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens

Other names:

Photo ©Brian Pollinger
Bradley Hall lawn - October 2011

Conical, sometimes with a broad central bump, with translucent radial lines at the margin, surface slippery or viscid, orange yellow to orange red, hygrophaneous, about 2 to 5 cm across

Edibility

Unknown, but should not be collected due to rarity

 

 

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