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Meadow Waxcap
Edible 
Autumn 
Winter 
A fairly large, tasty mushroom that is common and can be found quite late in the year.
| Mushroom Type | |
| Common Names | Meadow Waxcap (EN), Cap Cwyr y Ddôl (CY), Kopułka Łąkowa (PL), Élénkszínű Nyirokgomba |
| Scientific Name | Hygrocybe / Cuphophyllus pratensis |
| Synonyms | Hygrocybe pratensis |
| Season Start | Sep |
| Season End | Dec |
| Average Mushroom height (CM) | 7-10 |
| Average Cap width (CM) | 4-10 |
Cap
4-10 cm. Convex to flat to having upturned edges with a wide umbo and thick flesh. Tawny orange to buff. A bit waxy looking and feeling. The cap can crack deeply with age and fade to almost white when old and dry.
Gills
Gills cream to orange/straw coloured. Thick waxy and running down the stem (decurrent). Quite widely spaced. There are veins or very small gills running at right angles between the main gills, in older mushrooms these can become wrinkled.
Stem
7-10 cm long, 1-2 cm diameter. Off-white to salmon. Stout and tapering slightly towards the base. Can become hollow with age.
Flesh
White becoming pale cap coloured.
Habitat
Grassland and pasture. Grows in groups or troops or sometimes individually.
Spore Print
Off white to cream. Ellipsoid. You should scrape your spores into a small pile to get an accurate spore colour.
Taste / Smell
Mushroomy. This is the best in the family for edibility having both a good taste and thick flesh.
Frequency
Common.
Other Facts
One of the commonest Waxcaps with large mushrooms and a good taste so one for the table.
1 comment for Meadow Waxcap
Delicious, worked well in a korma. The gills had lush texture like flaked almonds..