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|title=''[[Hygrocybe miniata]]''
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'''''[[Hygrocybe miniata]]''''', commonly known as the vermilion waxcap, is a small, bright red or red-orange species of [[mushroom]] in the genus ''[[Hygrocybe]]'', the waxcaps. It is a [[cosmopolitan distribution|cosmopolitan]] species, distributed worldwide. In Europe, it is found in fields, on sandy [[heath]]s, or grassy commons in the autumn. These two ''H.&nbsp;miniata'' mushrooms were photographed in [[Ferndale Park]] in Sydney, Australia.

|credit=Photograph credit: [[User:JJ Harrison|John Harrison]]
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== See also ==
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