18 November 2021 Medstead, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Scarlet Wax Cap Cap Convex, with translucent radial lines at the margin, surface greasy, bright red, rarely orange, sometimes with a yellow margin, about 1 to 6 cm across Gills Broadly adnate, sometimes with a decurrent tooth, yellow, then red with a yellow edge Stem Equal, cylindrical or flattened, surface dry, smooth, hollow, concolorous with the cap or paler, to about 6 mm wide and 7 cm high Flesh Concolorous with the surface or paler, firm Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat Unimproved grassland Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal or oblong, smooth (7.5-10) x (4.5-5.5) µm2 Edibility Edible, good 
18 November 2021 Medstead, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 18 November 2021 Medstead, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
29 October 2005 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
20 October 2005 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
9 November 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
9 November 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |