Yellow Foot Waxcap - Cuphophyllus flavipes
Medium sized waxcap with slightly greasy/dry cap, greyish in colour and often with irregular margin. Stipe is whitish, dy, fibrous and with a yellow base. Gills are decurrent
There are several other species of waxcaps with grey caps, but the yellow base to the stipe is distinctive
Your photogrpahs must show the cap, gills and full length of the stipe
old grassland
October-November
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Ibstock Cemetery
18 October 2024
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Ibstock Cemetery
18 October 2024
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Ibstock Cemetery
18 October 2024
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Whitwick Cemetery
18 October 2024
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Ibstock Cemetery
14 October 2024
sue
Whitwick Cemetery
18 October 2024
sue
Whitwick Cemetery
18 October 2024
sue
Ibstock Cemetery
14 October 2024
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Species profile
- Common names
- Yellow Foot Waxcap
- Species group:
- Fungi
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- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 14/10/2024 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 18/10/2024 (Timms, Sue)
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