Identifying the Meadow Waxcap, Cuphophyllus pratensis

This is a great late Autumn and Winter edible.
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[@thefourseasonsinsweden]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge about mushrooms ❤I love mushrooms

[@forrestwestberry6868]

Excellent information again 👍 thank you for your help

[@WildFoodUK1]

My pleasure :)

[@benogborne6213]

I was interested by your comment about them growing with moss. Whilst out running today I found a group of scarlet and meadow waxcaps growing on the southern edge of a wood, a good 20m from grass. However they had a nice sunny spot in a lot of moss - seems to support the theory!
They were however, rather alarmingly, full of tics hiding in the gills....ughhh.

[@WildFoodUK1]

Ughhh exactly, tics are the number 1 danger for foragers imho!

[@Gordie79hamilton]

Brilliant timing! I thought I saw some on my way home from work tonight, now I know I did. Guess what's for dinner tomorrow. 😜👍🍄

[@ccherrytree]

This is actually one of my favourite mushrooms

[@Misstree62]

Do you just fry it with bacon etc ?

[@shapiemau2244]

Thank you very much for this information! I have been picking winter chanterelles and these look quite similar but do not have the yellow stem and underside. Very tasty too!

[@uffo200]

Nice one both, I enjoyed that, thank you.

[@WildFoodUK1]

You’re welcome :)

[@_Fly_trap_]

We're lucky enough to have the pale subspecies (var. pallida) in our field. Awesome fungi

[@WildFoodUK1]

Wow :) You're not anywhere near Hereford are you? so I can do a video of them :)

[@_Fly_trap_]

@@WildFoodUK1 Mid Wales! There are still one or two lingering but it seems their season ends a bit earlier than the normal meadows, which have only just started appearing here. Perhaps I should email pictures to your welbsite

[@Ballardian]

I've always thought of the Meadow Waxcap as a very underrated mushroom. Delicious fried in butter and served on toast 😋

[@danielbristow6796]

Thank you! Any dodgy lookalikes?

[@kev3315]

Is there a long format version of the gingle available anywhere?

[@kev3315]

*jingle

[@WildFoodUK1]

It was done by a friend of mine so not at the moment.

[@kieran7409]

How does it taste?

[@WildFoodUK1]

similar to mushrooms you buy in the shops.

[@igorkusnirik635]

I`m realy glad u r back.just leave the Latin out pls cos nobody cares.

[@kieran7409]

Kindly disagree

[@JackSparrow-xn7sz]

I understand why you'd prefer no Latin. Judging by your "spelling" it might be a tad above your skill set.