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Goblet Waxcap

Hygrocybe lepida

571Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
50Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb2
Mar1
Apr0
May3
Jun5
Jul24
Aug68
Sep145
Oct211
Nov91
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales68
2Highland Scotland64
3Pembrokeshire Wales26
4Powys Wales22
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland21
6Cumbria England20
7Devon England15
8Cornwall England14
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland14
10Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland14
11Argyll and Bute Scotland13
12Mid Ulster Northern Ireland12
13Bristol, City of England11
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland11
15Kent England10
196 England130 Scotland164 Wales80 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
571
Peak month
October
Counties with records
50
Scientific name
Hygrocybe lepida
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
664
Most recorded in
Gwynedd, Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe lepida Arnolds
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q105056298 · GBIF 2538599