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Gliophorus laetus (Heath Waxcap)
(Pers.) Herink 1958
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Hygrophoraceae
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Brettenham Heath TL9286East Winch Common TF6916Felbrigg Park TG1939Great Hockham, Frost's Common TL9493Hickling, Long Gore Marsh TG4224Holt Lowes TG0937Leziate, sailing lake TF6818Litcham Common TF8817Litcham Warren TF8817Norwich, Mousehold Heath TG2410Pott Row, Sugar Fen TF6920Sheringham Park TG1341Snettisham Beach TF6432Sparham Pools TG0718

Summary

18 records from 14 different sites
Years (# of records): 1980 (1) 1982 (1) 1991 (1) 1994 (2) 2013 (1) 2014 (1) 2016 (1) 2017 (1) 2020 (2) 2021 (1) 2023 (1) 2024 (3) 2025 (2)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Hygrocybe laeta; Hygrocybe laeta var. laeta
Associations: None
Substrates: soil; soil, grass; soil, sand; soil, turf
Finders: A.R. Leech; foray; Ian Senior; J.E. Geeson; Jenny Kelly; R.E. Evans; Tony Leech
Identifiers: A.R. Leech; Geoffrey Kibby; Ian Senior; J.E. Geeson; Jenny Kelly; R.E. Evans; Sean Cooch; Tony Leech
Confirmer: R.E. Evans
Comments: 'In oak wood'; 'spores examined'

Record Details

01/10/1980 Great Hockham, Frost's Common; TL9493; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "In oak wood"; [as Hygrocybe laeta var. laeta]
23/10/1982 Norwich, Mousehold Heath; TG2410; J.E. Geeson; J.E. Geeson; R.E. Evans; [as Hygrocybe laeta var. laeta]
16/10/1991 Hickling, Long Gore Marsh; TG4224; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Hygrocybe laeta var. laeta]
16/10/1994 Holt Lowes; TG0937; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Hygrocybe laeta var. laeta]
16/10/1994 Sparham Pools; TG0718; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Hygrocybe laeta var. laeta]
02/11/2013 Litcham Common; TF8817; soil; foray; Tony Leech
11/11/2014 Sheringham Park; TG139418; Tony Leech; Tony Leech; [as Hygrocybe laeta]
30/10/2016 Snettisham Beach; TF646327; soil, sand; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; [as Hygrocybe laeta]
27/10/2017 Litcham Common; TF8817; foray; Tony Leech; [as Hygrocybe laeta]
22/10/2020 Litcham Common; TF8817; soil, turf; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
14/12/2020 Leziate, sailing lake; TF684189; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
21/11/2021 Brettenham Heath; TL929866; soil, grass; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; [as Hygrocybe laeta]
16/11/2023 Pott Row, Sugar Fen; TF697207; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
09/11/2024 Litcham Common; TF8817; soil; foray; Geoffrey Kibby
14/11/2024 East Winch Common; TF699160; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "spores examined"
17/11/2024 Litcham Common; TF889171; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
13/11/2025 Felbrigg Park; TG1939; foray; Sean Cooch
22/11/2025 Litcham Warren; TF889171; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly

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