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Heath Waxcap

Gliophorus laetus

2,062Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
76Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb15
Mar8
Apr8
May8
Jun6
Jul5
Aug34
Sep190
Oct1,145
Nov577
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland276
2Gwynedd Wales252
3Powys Wales180
4Argyll and Bute Scotland87
5Cumbria England45
6Belfast Northern Ireland39
7North Yorkshire England36
8Pembrokeshire Wales35
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland32
10Devon England31
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland30
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland28
13Cornwall England26
14Aberdeenshire Scotland25
15Worcestershire England24
740 England522 Scotland571 Wales191 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,062
Peak month
October
Counties with records
76
Scientific name
Gliophorus laetus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,867
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Gliophorus
Name with authority
Gliophorus laetus (Pers.) Herink
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21245011 · GBIF 3304469