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Vermilion Waxcap

Hygrocybe miniata

532Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun6
Jul10
Aug29
Sep95
Oct224
Nov139
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland62
2Cornwall England26
3Powys Wales25
4Cambridgeshire England24
5Norfolk England23
6Gwynedd Wales18
7Argyll and Bute Scotland13
8Bristol, City of England12
9Oxfordshire England11
10Devon England11
11Worcestershire England11
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland9
13Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland9
14Gloucestershire England8
15Pembrokeshire Wales8
266 England108 Scotland82 Wales45 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
532
Peak month
October
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Hygrocybe miniata
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
508
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hygrophoraceae
Genus
Hygrocybe
Name with authority
Hygrocybe miniata (Fr.) P.Kumm.
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3270155 · GBIF 2538580