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Splendid Waxcap

Hygrocybe splendidissima

600Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
40Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb3
Mar0
Apr2
May5
Jun4
Jul5
Aug3
Sep49
Oct322
Nov183
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales109
2Gwynedd Wales105
3Highland Scotland75
4Argyll and Bute Scotland25
5Cumbria England21
6Devon England14
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland11
8Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland10
9Conwy Wales8
10Belfast Northern Ireland8
11Worcestershire England7
12Pembrokeshire Wales7
13Carmarthenshire Wales7
14Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland7
15Cornwall England6
155 England120 Scotland254 Wales51 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
600
Peak month
October
Counties with records
40
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Hygrocybe splendidissima
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
621
Most recorded in
Powys, Gwynedd, Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe splendidissima (P.D.Orton) M.M.Moser
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10638387 · GBIF 2538572