Hygrocybe miniata    (Fr.) P. Kumm. 

common name(s) : Vermilion Waxcap, Vermilion Wax Cap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Hygrophoraceae [sub-genus:Pseudohygrocybe section:Squamulosae sub-section:Squamulosineae]  

synonyms: Hygrophorus miniatus, Agaricus miniatus 

edibility : unknown edibility

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photo gallery of  Hygrocybe miniata potential confusions with  Hygrocybe miniata toxicity of Hygrocybe miniata genus Hygrocybe  

The cap is scarlet red then orange red, convex then eventually depressed; its margin is smooth to wavy. The cap surface is downy to rough, then scaly-scurfy with age, dry, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is reddish orange, concolorous with cap, without ring.

The flesh is whitish-yellow to red or orange, unchanging; its taste is mild, not distinctive; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are orange to reddish, with their edge paler, adnate to slightly emarginate, distant . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in meadows, lawns, heathland, sometimes in woods or wood edges, on a rather acid soil.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 0.5 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 3.5 cm (between 1.5 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 4 mm (between 2 and 6 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : orange to bright red cap and stem; cap surface dry, downy, then scurfy-scaly; odourless; on acid soils, in the grass of lawns or meadows

Hygrocybe miniata is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Hygrocybe miniata in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Hygrocybe miniata in the forest of Rambouillet



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