– Cap blood-red, sticky when moist.
– Gills blood-red with a lighter orange-yellow edge.
– Stem blood-red, with a orange-yellow base.
Grassland waxcaps
Scarlet Waxcap
Hygrocybe coccinea
LC
Least concern
Inedible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows in mossy lawns, pastures, and forest edges.
Notes
Edible but not of significant culinary value.
Similar species
Hygrocybe ounicea is larger and has a fibrous stem that is white at the base.
