Species Detail - Snowy Waxcap (Hygrocybe virginea var. virginea) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Fungal Records for Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Hygrocybe virginea var. virginea
Snowy Waxcap
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Agaricus subradiatus Schumach., Agaricus virgineus Wulfen, Camarophyllus niveus (Scop.) Wünsche, Camarophyllus virgineus (Wulfen) P. Kumm., Cuphophyllus niveus (Scop.) Bon, Cuphophyllus niveus forma roseipes (Massee) Bon, Cuphophyllus niveus forma roseipes (Cooke) Bon, Cuphophyllus subradiatus (Schumach.) Bon, Cuphophyllus virgineus (Wulfen) Kovalenko, Hygrocybe nivea (Scop.) Murrill, Hygrocybe subradiata (Schumach.) P.D. Orton & Watling, Hygrocybe virginea forma roseipes (Cooke) anon. ined., Hygrocybe virginea var. roseipes (Cooke) P. Roberts ined., Hygrophorus niveus (Scop.) Fr., Hygrophorus roseipes (Cooke) anon. ined., Hygrophorus subradiatus (Schumach.) Fr., Hygrophorus virgineus (Wulfen) Fr., Hygrophorus virgineus var. roseipes Cooke, Omphalia virginea (Wulfen) Gray
N/A
hyvir
(Wulfen) P.D. Orton & Watling
fungus
Variety
154
84
42
22/09/1925
10/11/2007
7 September (recorded in 2008)
26 December (recorded in 2020)
British Mycological Society, Fungal Records for Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Snowy Waxcap (Hygrocybe virginea var. virginea), accessed 30 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/77/Species/140233>