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A waxcap

Neohygrocybe ovina

198Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb1
Mar1
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul7
Aug11
Sep47
Oct87
Nov26
Dec9

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales61
2Powys Wales19
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland14
4Highland Scotland10
5Cumbria England7
6Argyll and Bute Scotland7
7Devon England6
8Cornwall England4
9Ceredigion Wales4
10Aberdeenshire Scotland3
11Worcestershire England2
12Monmouthshire Wales2
13Kent England1
14Oxfordshire England1
15Surrey England1
49 England27 Scotland85 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
198
Peak month
October
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Neohygrocybe ovina
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
184
Most recorded in
Gwynedd
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Neohygrocybe
Name with authority
Neohygrocybe ovina (Bull.) Herink

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q54371173 · GBIF 2538462