Slimy Waxcap - Gliophorus irrigatus

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Alternative names
Hygrocybe irrigata
Description

Cap is up to 5 cm across and is smooth, very sticky/viscid, grey brown to grey. The stipe is also sticky.  Gills white, thick and wavy. Spore print white, spores ellipsoidal, smooth.  

Identification difficulty

texture

Recording advice

Your notes should describe the texture of the cap and stipe (sticky/greasy/dry)

Habitat

Mown or grazed grasslands, including close-mown grasslands in parks, churchyards and cemeteries

When to see it

October - November

UK Status

Widespread in Britain but not particularly common.

VC55 Status

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.

  • Melinda Bell
    Long Whatton,All Saints churchyard
    26 October 2023
    really slimy cap and stipe
  • Kate Strong
    St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Peckleton
    27 October 2023
  • David Nicholls
    Gilroes Cemetery
    02 November 2024
  • sue
    Loughborough Old Cemetery
    30 October 2023
  • Melinda Bell
    Ibstock Cemetery
    19 October 2024
  • Kate Strong
    St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Peckleton
    27 October 2023
  • sue
    Knipton, churchyard
    04 November 2024

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species data profile ?

Species profile

Common names
Slimy Waxcap
Species group:
Fungi
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Hygrophoraceae
Records on NatureSpot:
22
First record:
13/11/2004 (Nicholls, David)
Last record:
25/10/2025 (Orridge, Howard)

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  • Melinda Bell
    Thringstone,St Andrew
    11 November 2023
  • AJ Cann
    Lea Meadows
    08 October 2017
    Spores 800X
  • David Nicholls
    Gilroes Cemetery
    02 November 2024
  • Melinda Bell
    Packington,Holy Rood Churchyard
    03 November 2024
  • AJ Cann
    Lea Meadows
    08 October 2017
  • Melinda Bell
    Ravenstone,St Michael and all angels
    25 October 2023
  • AJ Cann
    Lea Meadows
    08 October 2017
    Spore print white