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Parrot Waxcap

Gliophorus psittacinus

5,759Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
103Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan73
Feb28
Mar22
Apr16
May28
Jun18
Jul28
Aug162
Sep631
Oct2,659
Nov1,785
Dec180

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales415
2Highland Scotland333
3Powys Wales306
4Pembrokeshire Wales245
5Calderdale England152
6Worcestershire England128
7Cornwall England126
8Argyll and Bute Scotland112
9Bristol, City of England112
10Norfolk England104
11North Yorkshire England100
12Cumbria England96
13Gloucestershire England90
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland90
15Devon England89
2,933 England788 Scotland1,354 Wales585 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 103 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,759
Peak month
October
Counties with records
103
Scientific name
Gliophorus psittacinus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,628
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Gliophorus
Name with authority
Gliophorus psittacinus (Schaeff.) Herink
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q54366473 · GBIF 3345400