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Spangle Waxcap

Hygrocybe insipida

2,408Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
82Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb7
Mar9
Apr11
May4
Jun9
Jul25
Aug46
Sep236
Oct1,099
Nov828
Dec59

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales221
2Pembrokeshire Wales162
3Powys Wales142
4Highland Scotland122
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland116
6Bristol, City of England76
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland72
8Norfolk England47
9Worcestershire England47
10Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland42
11Cornwall England39
12Isle of Anglesey Wales39
13Kent England37
14Conwy Wales37
15Cumbria England36
914 England270 Scotland737 Wales411 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,408
Peak month
October
Counties with records
82
Scientific name
Hygrocybe insipida
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,325
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe insipida (J.E.Lange) M.M.Moser
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q9374409 · GBIF 2538655