JungleDragon is a nature and wildlife community for photographers, travellers and anyone who loves nature. We're genuine, free, ad-free and beautiful.

Join

A Miniature Waxycap. Also called a Vermilion Waxcap. These have just sprouted, along with many others of their kind, beside our driveway. They are brightly coloured! Canada,Fall,Geotagged,Hygrocybe miniata,Vermilion waxcap Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

A Miniature Waxycap.

Also called a Vermilion Waxcap. These have just sprouted, along with many others of their kind, beside our driveway. They are brightly coloured!

Sign in or Join in order to comment.

''Hygrocybe miniata'', commonly known as the vermilion waxcap or miniature waxy cap, is a small, bright red or red-orange mushroom of the waxcap genus ''Hygrocybe''. It is a cosmopolitan species, that is found worldwide. In Europe, it is found in fields, on sandy heaths, or grassy commons in the autumn. It is found in rainforest and eucalypt forest as well as heathland in Australia.

Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by gary fast
View gary fast's profile

By gary fast

All rights reserved
Uploaded Oct 29, 2020. Captured Oct 28, 2020 12:39 in 315 Whaletown Rd, Whaletown, BC V0P 1Z0, Canada.
  • E-M5MarkIII
  • f/22.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO200
  • 60mm