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heatherannej · #1 (**permalink**) 10-10-2011, 07:09 PM

I'm sure WAB can help me yet again. I think it is a Waxcap, albeit an old one perhaps. Any help will be much appreciated. I came across it last week, to the west of Stainforth in Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Dales. It was approx. 1.5" across. Many thanks in anticpation. Heather

Ken Burgess · #2 (**permalink**) 11-10-2011, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by heatherannej

I'm sure WAB can help me yet again. I think it is a Waxcap, albeit an old one perhaps. Any help will be much appreciated. I came across it last week, to the west of Stainforth in Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Dales. It was approx. 1.5" across. Many thanks in anticpation. Heather

It is a waxcap but by the time they get to this state they have lost most of the features that make them readily identifiable. It was probably Hygrocybe coccinea... maybe.

Ken