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Beech Woodwart

Hypoxylon fragiforme

1,842Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
89Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan137
Feb133
Mar128
Apr150
May88
Jun57
Jul84
Aug133
Sep256
Oct358
Nov185
Dec70

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England207
2Norfolk England129
3Cambridgeshire England123
4Cornwall England72
5Bristol, City of England71
6Worcestershire England57
7Oxfordshire England42
8Ards and North Down Northern Ireland33
9Highland Scotland31
10Argyll and Bute Scotland26
11Monmouthshire Wales25
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland24
13East Dunbartonshire Scotland22
14Sefton England21
15Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland21
1,342 England201 Scotland114 Wales170 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 89 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,842
Peak month
October
Counties with records
89
Scientific name
Hypoxylon fragiforme
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,779
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Sordariomycetes
Order
Xylariales
Family
Hypoxylaceae
Genus
Hypoxylon
Name with authority
Hypoxylon fragiforme (Pers.) J.Kickx f.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q242011 · GBIF 5254672