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Date-Coloured Waxcap

Hygrocybe spadicea

73Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
14Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul5
Aug9
Sep16
Oct29
Nov10
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland9
2Devon England8
3Pembrokeshire Wales5
4Cornwall England4
5Gwynedd Wales4
6Ceredigion Wales2
7Bristol, City of England2
8Norfolk England1
9Kent England1
10Essex England1
11Cumbria England1
12Powys Wales1
13Orkney Islands Scotland1
14Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland1
30 England10 Scotland10 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
73
Peak month
October
Counties with records
14
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Hygrocybe spadicea
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
62
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe spadicea (Scop.) P.Karst.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10465810 · GBIF 2538564