The waxcap fungi of Essex
Hygrocybe chlorophana (=Hygrophorus chlorophanus) (=Hygrocybe flavescens)
Golden Waxcap
It is a medium sized, yellow toadstool with narrowly attached, pale yellow gills. The cap is slimy
and the stalk can be dry or sticky, and is sometimes compressed with a longitudinal groove.
1ADB;2ADB(EWT);3ADB;4ADB;6ADB; 11 ADB(EWT); 12 ADB; 13 ADB; 18ADB;21
ADB; 22 ADB; 27 AP; 28 MG; 30 GP(EWT); 31 ADB; 40 RB; 41 ADB; 43 CB; 45 ShW; 60
JS;63ADB.
Hygrocybe glutinipes var. glutinipes {^Hygrocybe citrina var. glutinipes)
Glutinous Waxcap
A small, yellow waxcap with a slimy stalk and cap. The gills are broadly attached to the stalk or
may run down it a little. The stalk is glassy or transparent. One of the locations is a deciduous
wood.
6 GS; 80 EWT
Hygrocybe intermedia
Fibrous Waxcap
This waxcap is medium to large in size. The cap is orange to red in colour, and dry with radial
fibres and a centre covered in tiny scales. The stalk is thick and covered in longitudinal, red
fibres on a yellow background.
28 MG; 29 MG
Hygrocybe persistens var. persistens (=Hygrocybe langei)
Persistent Waxcap
A medium-sized, conical, yellow toadstool with free or narrowly attached gills. It does not turn
black on ageing or when handled.
11 ADB(EWT); 24 ADB; 29 MG; 31 ADB; 43 CB; 44 ShW.
Hygrocybe persistens var. konradii forma subglobispora (=Hygrocybe subglobispora)
This waxcap is similar to the previous one, but with most of the spores broadly ellipsoid to
subglobose. It is a distinct variety which has been recorded for several years in Willingale
churchyard.
16 ADB.
Hygrocybe conica var. conica (=Hygrophorus conicus) (=Hygrocybe nigrescens)
Blackening Waxcap
This unmistakable species has a conical cap, which turns black on ageing or when handled. The
gills are attached narrowly to the stalk or are free.
2 ADB(EWT); 3 ADB; 6 ADB; 8 ADB; 13 ADB; 15 ADB(EWT); 25 ADB; 27 AP; 28 MG; 29
MG; 31 ADB; 32 MS; 33 MS; 34 MS; 35 MS; 38 ML(EWT); 39 RB; 40 RB; 41 ADB; 46 ShW;
47 ShW; 48 ShW; 64 GS; 65 GS; 66 GS; 67 GS; 74 KA; 75 IR; 76 IR; 91 SW; 95 MM; 97 MM;
101 MM.
138 Essex Naturalist (New Series) 21 (2004)