Hygrocybe sp. ‘red’

A Waxcap at Cotter River, ACT

Hygrocybe sp. ‘red’ at Cotter River, ACT - 19 Jun 2015
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Identification history

Hygrocybe sp. ‘red’ 21 Aug 2015 MichaelMulvaney
Hygrocybe 10 Aug 2015 Heino
Unidentified 9 Aug 2015 KenT

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KenT wrote:
   10 Aug 2015
Based on an image in Shepherd & Totterdell (1988) p63 this is possibly a species of Hygrocybe but needs someone more familiar with these to comment. This image is about 17 mm across.

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Species information

  • Hygrocybe sp. ‘red’ Scientific name
  • A Waxcap Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 905.07m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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