29 November 2014 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Vermillion waxcap Cap Convex, sometimes centrally depressed, scaly, dry, margin lined and scalloped, red to orange red, margin often yellow, to about 5 cm across Gills Adnate, sometimes with a decurrent tooth, broad, distant, reddish orange, margin paler Stem Cylindrical or flattened, dry, orange to yellow Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Summer to autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat Unimproved grassland Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, often constricted, or pear shaped, smooth (7-9) x (4.5-5.5) µm2 Edibility Unknown Notes The photos do not do justice to this beautiful fungus. 
29 November 2014 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
29 November 2014 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective and x2.5 projection eyepiece. 29 November 2014 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |