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Golden Waxcap

Hygrocybe chlorophana

3,833Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
82Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan40
Feb21
Mar13
Apr13
May23
Jun17
Jul32
Aug147
Sep546
Oct1,692
Nov1,126
Dec90

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales384
2Highland Scotland313
3Powys Wales296
4Pembrokeshire Wales182
5Argyll and Bute Scotland125
6Bristol, City of England99
7Cornwall England86
8Cumbria England83
9Devon England63
10Worcestershire England58
11North Yorkshire England55
12Gloucestershire England55
13Kent England52
14Norfolk England50
15Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland48
1,727 England631 Scotland1,133 Wales297 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,833
Peak month
October
Counties with records
82
Scientific name
Hygrocybe chlorophana
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,643
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe chlorophana (Fr.) Wünsche
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2255926 · GBIF 2538630