WAXCAPS IN THE GRASSLAND
Thistle Hill (also known as the in-by land) has always felt somewhat apart from the rest of Blacka Moor due to its use as sheep grazing pasture. But it is just as much a part of the land given to the people of Sheffield by Alderman Graves as the rest of the site.
In the past it has been depressingly over grazed and even now it could probably be kept free of sheep for longer periods.
Its chief interest for visitors in autumn is in the fine show of waxcap mushrooms. The present writer is no expert on this subject but values the display for its own sake.
Three stages in the life of the Blackening Waxcap (above) as found on Thistle Hill Blacka Moor
Other waxcaps found on Thistle Hill