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Oily Waxcap

Hygrocybe quieta

2,250Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
76Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan25
Feb16
Mar10
Apr9
May6
Jun15
Jul25
Aug62
Sep342
Oct1,009
Nov637
Dec40

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales297
2Powys Wales158
3Pembrokeshire Wales142
4Highland Scotland98
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland73
6Cumbria England59
7Worcestershire England49
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland47
9Isle of Anglesey Wales45
10Bristol, City of England40
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland37
12North Yorkshire England35
13Devon England34
14Conwy Wales32
15Cornwall England29
891 England226 Scotland822 Wales267 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
2,250
Peak month
October
Counties with records
76
Scientific name
Hygrocybe quieta
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,124
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe quieta (Kühner) Singer
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5955879 · GBIF 2538693