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Waxcap Friday

24 Friday Nov 2023

Posted by sconzani in autumn, fungi

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autumn colour, autumn fungi, Ballerina waxcap, Cuphophyllus virgineus, Gliophorus psittacinus, Hygrocybe coccinea, parrot waxcap, Pink waxcap, Porpolomopsis calyptriformis, Scarlet waxcap, Snowy waxcap, waxcaps

Green, pink, red and white are just some of the colours you can see in the diverse range of fungi known as waxcaps. These are some I’ve found during recent fungi-seeking forays.

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Parrot waxcap (Gliophorus psittacinus)

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Pink waxcap (Porpolomopsis calyptriformis), also known as the ballerina, for the tutu-like appearance of its spread cap as it dances in the grass

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Scarlet waxcap (Hygrocybe coccinea)

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Snowy waxcap (Cuphophyllus virgineus)

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Fungi Friday: Waxcaps

03 Thursday Nov 2016

Posted by sconzani in fungi, nature

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Ballerina waxcap, Blackening waxcap, Fibrous waxcap, Golden waxcap, Hygrocybe, parrot waxcap, Persistent waxcap, Pink waxcap, Scarlet waxcap, Slimy waxcap, Snowy waxcap, waxcap

Waxcaps can be wavy, waxen, wanton, waterlogged, weathered, wee, weensy, wet, whimsical, winsome, wispy, withered, wing-like, willowy, windblown, wobbling, wonderful, worshipful, wordless, worshipped, wondrous, wonky, wraithlike, and wrinkly!

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These beauties, and their friends and families, are displaying many of those characteristics right now at my local cemetery. They are the Blackening waxcap (Hygrocybe conica), Fibrous (Hygrocybe intermedia), Golden (Hygrocybe chlorophana), Parrot (Gliophorus psittacinus), Persistent (Hygrocybe acutoconica), Pink (Porpolomopsis calyptriformis), Scarlet (Hygrocybe coccinea), Slimy (Gliophorus irrigatus), and Snowy waxcap (Cuphophyllus virgineus).

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