Limestone waxcap Galleri Hjem

(Hygrocybe calciphila) Arnolds

                                                                                                                                                                              ©Per Fadnes

Limestone waxcap is a fungus that is very similar to vermilion waxcap, but it grows in calcareous localities and is therefore much rarer.

Kjennetegn:

Cap	Gills	Stipe	Similar species
Small up to 50mm. Dry, orange/red with yellow edge.Liten, opp til 50mm.   Orange often with a darker center FInly squamulose.	Broadly adnate, seldom with decurrent tooth.  Spores relatively small 7-9 µ and broadly ellipsoid which is different from Vermilion waxcap	Thin, up to 50mm, often curved, dry and smooth, with silky sheen.	Scarlet waxcap  but this is bigger with slimy cap and not squamulose. Garlic waxcap, but this is often more red and fructify earlier. but this is bigger Vermilian waxcap, but it has triangular spores like a pear

Økologi/Indikatorverdi: Good indcator for very calcareous grasslands.

Funnperiode i Norge: From beginning of August til medio September, mainly September

i september-oktober.

Redlistcategory: EN

Other Nordic countries:

Sweden	Denmark	Finland
NT – near threatened	VU – vulnerable	Ikke listet

Distributionmap

Referanse:

David Boertmann.2010, The genus Hygrocybe, 2nd revised edition. Fungi of

Northern Europe vol. 1 Svampetryk, Danmark.