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Scarlet Waxcap

Hygrocybe coccinea

4,247Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
86Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan46
Feb17
Mar11
Apr8
May14
Jun14
Jul15
Aug56
Sep350
Oct1,929
Nov1,577
Dec121

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland558
2Gwynedd Wales396
3Powys Wales217
4Pembrokeshire Wales156
5Argyll and Bute Scotland123
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland96
7Worcestershire England86
8Cornwall England84
9Bristol, City of England81
10Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland72
11Gloucestershire England70
12Cumbria England64
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland64
14North Yorkshire England61
15Belfast Northern Ireland60
1,673 England978 Scotland1,039 Wales512 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,247
Peak month
October
Counties with records
86
Scientific name
Hygrocybe coccinea
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,826
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe coccinea (Schaeff.) P.Kumm.
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q39528 · GBIF 2538445