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Citrine Waxcap

Hygrocybe citrinovirens

367Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
33Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr1
May3
Jun3
Jul6
Aug30
Sep102
Oct164
Nov41
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales52
2Gwynedd Wales50
3Powys Wales45
4Devon England13
5Isle of Anglesey Wales12
6Cumbria England11
7Somerset England9
8Carmarthenshire Wales8
9Bristol, City of England7
10North Yorkshire England6
11Kent England5
12Cornwall England5
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland5
14Worcestershire England4
15Gloucestershire England4
147 England10 Scotland177 Wales18 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
367
Peak month
October
Counties with records
33
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Hygrocybe citrinovirens
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
351
Most recorded in
Pembrokeshire, Gwynedd
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe citrinovirens (J.E.Lange) Jul.Schäff.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q9374410 · GBIF 2538477