Heath Waxcap - Gliophorus laetus

The small domed caps are yellowy-brown, hemispherical at first but gradually flattening. Deep striations cover the outer two-thirds of the cap, and the margin becomes slightly toothed with age. The cap is sticky and slimy when wet, but slightly slimy when dry.  The stipe is also slimy.  Gills are pale grey at first but turning salmon colour as the fruitbody ages, and are slightly decurrent; they also have a sticky edge.

texture

Photos are required showing the cap from above and the gills from below. Your notes should describe the texture of the cap and stipe (sticky/slimy/greasy/dry?)

Heath Waxcaps often occur in quite large clusters on acid grassland and heaths, favouring short, well grazed turf.

August to November in Britain.

Waxcaps have long been considered to be saprobic on the dead roots of grasses and other grassland plants, but it is now considered likely that there is some kind of mutual relationship between waxcaps and mosses.

Widespread but rather local in Britain.

Occasional in acid grassland