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Persistent Waxcap

Hygrocybe acutoconica

1,031Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan19
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May3
Jun25
Jul119
Aug204
Sep237
Oct294
Nov107
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland185
2Pembrokeshire Wales63
3Oxfordshire England30
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland27
5Gwynedd Wales26
6Norfolk England25
7Cornwall England25
8Cumbria England23
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland23
10Aberdeenshire Scotland22
11North Yorkshire England18
12Monmouthshire Wales17
13Powys Wales16
14Argyll and Bute Scotland14
15Sefton England13
389 England299 Scotland192 Wales70 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,031
Peak month
October
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Hygrocybe acutoconica
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
359
Most recorded in
Highland, Pembrokeshire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe acutoconica (Clem.) Singer
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2255842 · GBIF 3345237