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Fibrous Waxcap

Hygrocybe intermedia

485Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
34Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb5
Mar1
Apr2
May3
Jun15
Jul37
Aug73
Sep128
Oct173
Nov19
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales82
2Powys Wales62
3Pembrokeshire Wales56
4Cumbria England35
5Bristol, City of England17
6Worcestershire England16
7Highland Scotland13
8Kent England9
9Devon England9
10Somerset England8
11Gloucestershire England8
12Argyll and Bute Scotland7
13Cornwall England5
14Isle of Anglesey Wales5
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland5
194 England34 Scotland225 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
485
Peak month
October
Counties with records
34
Scientific name
Hygrocybe intermedia
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
456
Most recorded in
Gwynedd, Powys, Pembrokeshire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe intermedia (Pass.) Fayod
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1409682 · GBIF 2538468