Crimson Waxcap

Hygrocybe punicea

2,601Records since 2000

OctoberPeak month

65Counties with records

VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan34

Feb11

Mar9

Apr5

May7

Jun25

Jul11

Aug13

Sep219

Oct1,163

Nov968

Dec108

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Highland	Scotland	498
2	Gwynedd	Wales	282
3	Powys	Wales	120
4	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	97
5	Pembrokeshire	Wales	93
6	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	81
7	Lisburn and Castlereagh	Northern Ireland	66
8	Devon	England	57
9	North Yorkshire	England	50
10	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	47
11	Fermanagh and Omagh	Northern Ireland	46
12	Mid and East Antrim	Northern Ireland	46
13	Cumbria	England	44
14	Belfast	Northern Ireland	34
15	Bristol, City of	England	32

802 England757 Scotland654 Wales328 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 2,601
Peak month: October
Counties with records: 65
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
Scientific name: Hygrocybe punicea
Group: Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 2,383
Most recorded in: Highland, Gwynedd, Powys, Argyll and Bute, Pembrokeshire, Causeway Coast and Glens, Lisburn and Castlereagh, Devon, North Yorkshire
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Hygrocybe
Name with authority: Hygrocybe punicea (Fr.) P.Kumm.
Contributing datasets: 27