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Snowy Waxcap

Cuphophyllus virgineus

6,720Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
106Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan54
Feb17
Mar21
Apr25
May15
Jun14
Jul19
Aug43
Sep417
Oct3,153
Nov2,545
Dec207

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland411
2Gwynedd Wales396
3Powys Wales300
4Norfolk England212
5Pembrokeshire Wales209
6Worcestershire England171
7Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland150
8Cornwall England134
9Bristol, City of England125
10Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland116
11Argyll and Bute Scotland112
12Cambridgeshire England109
13Gloucestershire England100
14Sefton England89
15Oxfordshire England87
3,520 England942 Scotland1,386 Wales792 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 106 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,720
Peak month
October
Counties with records
106
Scientific name
Cuphophyllus virgineus
Group
Fungi
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Cuphophyllus
Name with authority
Cuphophyllus virgineus (Wulfen) Kovalenko
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q84335147 · GBIF 3345381