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Hygrocybe conica
Blackening Waxcaps (Hygrocybe conica) sometimes appears in lines along roadside verges, particularly on hillsides or where the grass is well shaded, moist and mossy.
Witches Hat
Blackening Waxcaps can appear remarkably quickly after rain in late summer and autumn, but once mature they remain standing sometimes for more than two weeks.
They are one of the most common waxcaps in Northern Europe.
Byddwn yn anfon diweddariadau atoch chi ar e-bost am ein gwaith, newyddion, ymgyrchoedd, apeliadau a ffyrdd o gymryd rhan. Ni fyddwn yn rhannu eich manylion byth a gallwch optio allan ar unrhyw adeg. Darllenwch ein Hysbysiad Preifatrwydd.