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Dingy Waxcap

Hygrocybe ingrata

136Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
17Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb5
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun4
Jul5
Aug14
Sep30
Oct69
Nov4
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland31
2Gwynedd Wales25
3Powys Wales24
4Pembrokeshire Wales5
5Bristol, City of England2
6Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland2
7Kent England1
8North Yorkshire England1
9Worcestershire England1
10Gloucestershire England1
11City of Edinburgh Scotland1
12Cumbria England1
13Argyll and Bute Scotland1
14Perth and Kinross Scotland1
15Carmarthenshire Wales1
18 England37 Scotland55 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
136
Peak month
October
Counties with records
17
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Hygrocybe ingrata
Group
Fungi
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe ingrata J.P.Jensen & F.H.Møller

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10656324 · GBIF 2538544