Hygrocybe sp. ‘red’

A Waxcap at Bruce, ACT

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Identification history

Hygrocybe sp. ‘red’	4 Jul 2022	Heino1
Hygrocybe sp. ‘red’	29 Jun 2022	MichaelMulvaney
Unverified	24 Jun 2022	trevorpreston

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2 comments

trevorpreston wrote:

25 Jun 2022

I think this is Hygrocybe miniata based on the yellowish gills which seems to distinguish it from similar red species of Hygrocybe.
See A Field Guide to Australian Fungi by Bruce Fuhrer P88.
The site wont allow me to suggest a new species.

Heino1 wrote:

4 Jul 2022

There are a few yellow(ish)-gilled red Hygrocybes. Some still seem to be known from very limited locations, which of course need not reflect their actual distribution.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.081680 -35.246896
Altitude 660.8m
Maps Gossan Hill Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill
Places Bruce, ACT

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
24 Jun 2022 03:59 PM Recorded on
trevorpreston Recorded by
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Fungi Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Hygrocybe sp. ‘red’ Scientific name
A Waxcap Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 948m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania