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Bright Waxcap

Hygrocybe nitida

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Bright Waxcap

Hygrocybe nitida
gully.moy
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gully.moy
I'm not 100% on the ID but tit looks very likely. Also H. nitida doesn't have a common name so I made one up based on the Latin :-)

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PublishedApril 10, 2013

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