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Slimy Waxcap

Gliophorus irrigatus

1,813Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
83Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb10
Mar12
Apr6
May2
Jun7
Jul15
Aug40
Sep237
Oct794
Nov594
Dec41

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales194
2Powys Wales135
3Pembrokeshire Wales82
4Highland Scotland62
5Calderdale England62
6Bristol, City of England44
7Cornwall England43
8Devon England41
9Kent England36
10Cumbria England33
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland30
12North Yorkshire England29
13Worcestershire England29
14Norfolk England27
15Isle of Anglesey Wales26
937 England198 Scotland503 Wales135 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 83 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,813
Peak month
October
Counties with records
83
Scientific name
Gliophorus irrigatus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,525
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Gliophorus
Name with authority
Gliophorus irrigatus (Pers.) A.M.Ainsw. & P.M.Kirk
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q107695562 · GBIF 8097905