16 November 2021 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Hygrocybe laeta Common Name Heath Wax Cap Cap Convex, then flattened, viscid, with translucent radial lines at the margin, orange-brown to orange, hygrophanous, to about 4 cm across Gills Decurrent, whitish, then pinkish Stem Cylindrical, +/- equal, viscid, yellow to orange, often with a grey apex Flesh Orange-yellow in the cap, yellow in the stem Smell Usually like burnt rubber Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat Heaths and unimproved grassland Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, ovoid or oblong, smooth (6-7) x (4-5) µm2 Edibility Edible, good 
November 1999 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |