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Butter Waxcap

Hygrocybe ceracea

2,860Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
86Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan33
Feb18
Mar10
Apr13
May20
Jun21
Jul20
Aug32
Sep272
Oct1,365
Nov918
Dec59

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales407
2Highland Scotland212
3Powys Wales148
4Pembrokeshire Wales114
5Norfolk England96
6Worcestershire England75
7Bristol, City of England62
8Devon England55
9Sefton England50
10Argyll and Bute Scotland44
11Kent England42
12Isle of Anglesey Wales42
13Wrexham Wales42
14Cumbria England40
15Cornwall England39
1,325 England414 Scotland894 Wales174 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,860
Peak month
October
Counties with records
86
Scientific name
Hygrocybe ceracea
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,463
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe ceracea (Sowerby) P.Kumm.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3915840 · GBIF 2538644