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Pink Waxcap

Porpolomopsis calyptriformis

1,677Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
76Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb11
Mar3
Apr1
May5
Jun4
Jul7
Aug28
Sep213
Oct759
Nov525
Dec37

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales163
2Powys Wales143
3Pembrokeshire Wales111
4Worcestershire England68
5Highland Scotland61
6Cornwall England50
7Devon England40
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland40
9Argyll and Bute Scotland33
10Cumbria England28
11Kent England27
12Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland27
13Belfast Northern Ireland25
14Gloucestershire England23
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland23
728 England222 Scotland510 Wales173 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
1,677
Peak month
October
Counties with records
76
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Porpolomopsis calyptriformis
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,412
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Porpolomopsis
Name with authority
Porpolomopsis calyptriformis (Berk.) Bresinsky
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q54371376 · GBIF 5955209