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The ballerina and the slug

28 Friday Oct 2022

Posted by sconzani in autumn, fungi, molluscs

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Ballerina waxcap, British fungi, British waxcaps, Hygrocybe calyptriformis, Large red slug, Pink waxcap, waxcap fungi

Two slugs in one week – what were the chances? But when I glimpsed this gorgeous Pink waxcap (also known as the Ballerina waxcap) (Hygrocybe calyptriformis) almost hidden in a small grassy hollow and gently smoothed back the grass around it to take my photo, I found this Large red slug nestled alongside. If a slug could smile, this one would be grinning from ear to ear, and I imagine the waxcap had mostly been consumed by the next morning.

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