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Glutinous Waxcap

Hygrocybe glutinipes

927Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
69Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb1
Mar1
Apr5
May4
Jun10
Jul26
Aug86
Sep170
Oct407
Nov169
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales84
2Pembrokeshire Wales69
3Gwynedd Wales61
4Highland Scotland35
5Cumbria England31
6Argyll and Bute Scotland30
7Devon England23
8Bristol, City of England23
9Cornwall England22
10Gloucestershire England21
11Isle of Anglesey Wales14
12Bury England14
13Wrexham Wales12
14Calderdale England11
15Worcestershire England10
427 England120 Scotland274 Wales50 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
927
Peak month
October
Counties with records
69
Scientific name
Hygrocybe glutinipes
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
505
Most recorded in
Powys, Pembrokeshire, Gwynedd
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe glutinipes (J.E.Lange) R.Haller Aar.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10671554 · GBIF 3345140