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Red Waxy Cap

hygrocybe coccinea

Photo by oenophilist
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Description:

Lightly sauteed with herb butter on top of brioche. Only if...

Species ID Suggestions

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genus HYGROCYBE but which species will i not suggest. it looks from the color (the red cap) like H.conica or H.nigrescens. and from the shape more likely as H.persistens (H acutoconica) or H.psittacina here the hygrocybe fam : http://www.google.com/search?pq=google&hl=en&sugexp=kjrmc&cp=17&gs_id=4&xhr=t&q=phallus+impudicus&rls=com.microsoft:nl&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1203&bih=600&wrapid=tljp131887861421100&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi#um=1&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:nl&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=hygrocybe&oq=hygrocybe&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1668196l1671123l0l1671939l9l9l0l4l4l0l325l1333l0.1.2.2l5l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=acb0c6a0e6baa20e&biw=1203&bih=600
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PublishedOctober 17, 2011

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