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 Scarlet Waxcap Mushrooms

   December 22, 2021

    Scarletwaxcap

   Photographer:  David Wigglesworth

   Summary Author:  David Wigglesworth

   I was so pleased to find these examples of the  Scarlet Waxcap
   Mushroom (Hygrocybe coccinea).  My wife and I were on a walk in our
   favorite forest, and just off the main trail under some  hardwood
   trees was this small display composed of several different stages of
   this bright little mushroom. The mushroom at the bottom of the photo is
   displaying the bell-shaped, uniformly red/scarlet  cap or pileus.
   Conversely, the mushroom at middle-right is starting to flatten out and
   is losing some of its scarlet colour at the margins of the cap. Lastly,
   the mushroom at the top is in its mature form, displaying a broad,
   flat, glabrous cap. Estimated diameter of the top mushroom cap was
   approximately 1.75 to 2.2 in (4.5 to 5.5 cm).
   The scarlet waxcap is  widely distributed throughout North America
   (and indeed, the northern hemisphere, including Japan, China, and
   Europe), but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen them before. I couldn’t miss
   these ones, though.  The smallest was so bright red, it clearly stood
   out against the  mossy ground.

   Photo details: Google Pixel 5, ƒ/1.73, 1/300, 4.38 mm, ISO50
     * Nobleton, Ontario, Canada Location Coordinates: 43.9122, -79.6981

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