Persistent Waxcap - Hygrocybe acutoconica
Deep yellow cap with a darker centre, sometimes orange, with a conical cap. The margin is irregular, and the tip and margin soon crack and split. Sticky in wet weather. The stipe is fibrillose and also yellow, with paler base that becomes greyish (not blackening) if bruised or cut. The gills are variable pale yellow to orange in colour, free or adnexed.
Golden and Citrine Waxcap
Good quality photos from side, perferably showing fungus at different stages
Grasslands
Uncommon
taelarc96
Asfordby Hill
09 August 2023
sue
Ketton Quarry LRWT Reserve
08 November 2025
taelarc96
Asfordby Hill
09 August 2023
sue
Burrough Hill, western ramparts
26 October 2025
sue
Burrough Hill, western ramparts
26 October 2025
sue
Burrough Hill, western ramparts
26 October 2025
sue
Ketton Quarry LRWT Reserve
08 November 2025
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Species profile
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Hygrophoraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 09/08/2023 (Cherry, Taela-Rae)
- Last record:
- 08/11/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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