Hygrophorus erubescens, commonly known as the blotched woodwax or pink waxcap, is an agaric fungus native to Scandinavia, Japan, Central Europe, Great Britain and North America.

[8] The similar-looking Hygrophorus russula can be distinguished by its more crowded gills and preference for hardwood forests, and H. purpurascens has a partial veil.

[7] Hygrophorus erubescens fruits from August to October in coniferous forests, particularly spruce, on chalky soils.

[5] The fungus is classified as extinct in the British Mycological Society's 2006 list of threatened fungi,[9] as it has not been documented in Great Britain since 1878.

[10] It is found across Scandinavia,[2] and has been recorded fruiting at high altitudes in alpine-subalpine regions of Russia,[11] and mountainous parts of Central Europe.