Earthy Waxcap - Cuphophyllus fornicatus
A waxcap with a grey/brown squamulous cap, convex/umbonate in shape, with a whitish stipe and smell that is variously descibed as mealy, chemical or indistinct. Gills are whitish and emarginate.
There are several similar greyish brown species of fungus
Photograph cap, sides and gills
old uncultivated grasslands, mown or grazed
Uncommon or rarely recorded
sue
Burrough Hill
09 November 2024
sue
Burrough Hill
09 November 2024
sue
Burrough Hill
09 November 2024
sue
Long Whatton. All Saints' churchyard
16 November 2024
sue
Burrough Hill
09 November 2024
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Species profile
- Common names
- Earthy Waxcap
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Hygrophoraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 09/11/2024 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 01/11/2025 (Markham, Marian)
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