Nigel Bean / Parrot waxcap fungi (Hygrocybe psittacina) at various growth stages, Brownsea Island, Dorset, UK, October

Nigel Bean / Honey waxcap fungi (Hygrocybe reidii) Brownsea Island, Dorset, UK, October

Nigel Bean / Honey waxcap fungi (Hygrocybe reidii) Brownsea Island, Dorset, UK, October

Angelo Gandolfi / Three Scarlet Wax caps (Hygrophorus / Hygrocybe punicea) fungi

Robert Thompson / Scarlet waxcap fungus (Hygrocybe coccinea) Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, April

Robert Thompson / Waxcap fungus (Hygrocybe miniata) Annagarriff Wood NNR, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, September

Robert Thompson / Blackening waxcap fungus (Hygrocybe nigrescens) Peatlands, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK

Adrian Davies / Scarlet Waxcap fungus (Hygrocybe coccinea) UK

Robert Thompson / Wax cap fungus {Hygrocybe persistens} Streedagh Dunes, County Silgo, Republic of Ireland, August

Robert Thompson / Wax cap fungus {Hygrocybe conica var conicoides} Streedagh Dunes, County Silgo, Republic of Ireland, August

Robert Thompson / Wax cap fungus {Hygrocybe persistens} Streedagh Dunes, County Silgo, Republic of Ireland, August

Robert Thompson / Wax cap fungus {Hygrocybe conica} Streedagh Dunes, County Silgo, Republic of Ireland, August