Gateshead Birders

Fungi

Scarlet Waxcap


Hygrocybe coccinea

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Photo ©Brian Pollinger
Westfield Pasture - October 2011

Sometimes called the scarlet hood, scarlet waxcap or righteous red waxy cap, is a colourful member of the mushroom genus Hygrocybe. These waxcaps are found across the Northern Hemisphere from China and Japan to Europe and North America. The small bright red mushroom is a familiar sight in unimproved grasslands in Europe in late summer and autumn, and woodlands in North America in winter.

 

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