#WaxcapWeek hope you've enjoyed the waxcaps this week. Huge thank you to @davechough and Ray Woods for their wonderful photos and help

#WaxcapWeek Sunday: we finish with the prettiest one, Ballerina Waxcap (Hygrocybe calyptriformis) raising her skirt http://t.co/6m1CZa4KmP

Hope you're all enjoying #WaxcapWeek. Why not send us pics of waxcap #fungi you find this weekend? @Love_plants @BBCAutumnwatch

#WaxcapWeek Saturday: Golden Spindles (Clavulinopsis fusiformis) one of the Fairy Clubs found in good waxcap grassla… http://t.co/6w9zTvKauj

#WaxcapWeek fact: Wales might be 10% of the size of Great Britain but has 55% of the known British grassland #fungi. We're waxcaptastic!

#WaxcapWeek it lacks the glamour of other grassland #fungi, but excited to find this wierd Earthtongue in my garden http://t.co/w53lwSEZbV

#WaxcapWeek fact: smell is also important in identification. Cedar Waxcap smells of cedar, Honey Waxcap of honey & Oily Waxcap of bed bugs!

#WaxcapWeek fact: the UK has more top quality waxcap sites than the Netherlands, Denmark & N Germany put together.

#WaxcapWeek fact: waxcaps cannot tolerate the high nitrogen content of artificial fertilizer. They thrive in ancient unfertilized pasture

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#WaxcapWeek fact: @kewgardens and @AberUni are unlocking the secret identity of waxcaps through DNA analysis http://buff.ly/1aLXwZU

#WaxcapWeek The modest lawn @ntllanerchaeron has been described as "a veritable garden of fungi including a rainbow of waxcaps" Peter Marren

#WaxcapWeek fact: waxcaps belong to the genus Hygrocybe, meaning "moist head" and alluding to their high water content #fungi

#WaxcapWeek fact-filled Friday: each hour from now we'll be tweeting a fact about these wonderful #fungi @Love_plants @BBCAutumnwatch

#WaxcapWeek try searching old & unfertilized lawns, churchyards & pastures for waxcaps this weekend @godsacre @Natures_Voice @nationaltrust

Hope you're all enjoying #WaxcapWeek. Why not send us pics of waxcap #fungi you find this weekend? @Love_plants @BBCAutumnwatch

#WaxcapWeek Friday. Not all waxcaps are big bruisers. Meet tiny Butter Waxcap (Hygrocybe ceracea) growing in my lawn http://t.co/xj7BRchvhq

#WaxcapWeek When you see a waxcap, think of an apple tree. The waxcap is the apple and the mycelium an enourmous tree spreading underground

#WaxcapWeek Thursday. Something a bit different for #halloween: rare Violet Coral (Clavaria zollingeri) nr Llanberis http://t.co/3LA0BY0UEP

#WaxcapWeek Wednesday: a lovely cluster of Scarlet Waxcap (Hygrocybe coccinea) in a Snowdonia field @BBCAutumnwatch http://t.co/f3u45A71O4

Here's a waxcap fact for #waxcapweek: Wales is home to 111 species of grassland fungi, 55% of the UK total @Love_plants @BBCAutumnwatch

#WaxcapWeek Tuesday: Honey Waxcap (Hygrocybe reidii) in an ancient ant-hill pasture on Mynydd Rhiw @NTWales #Lleyn http://t.co/zrNLYWcZ52