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Honey Waxcap

Hygrocybe reidii

2,491Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan23
Feb17
Mar14
Apr13
May8
Jun10
Jul19
Aug104
Sep464
Oct1,134
Nov605
Dec44

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales338
2Highland Scotland275
3Powys Wales197
4Argyll and Bute Scotland77
5Cumbria England63
6Pembrokeshire Wales40
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland39
8Aberdeenshire Scotland35
9North Yorkshire England32
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland32
11Kent England31
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland29
13Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland27
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland26
15Worcestershire England25
966 England523 Scotland747 Wales215 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,491
Peak month
October
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Hygrocybe reidii
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,364
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe reidii Kühner
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3915209 · GBIF 8369786