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Beechmast Candlesnuff

Xylaria carpophila

1,134Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
75Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan128
Feb151
Mar153
Apr162
May129
Jun37
Jul47
Aug56
Sep65
Oct67
Nov50
Dec72

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England106
2Highland Scotland101
3Gloucestershire England88
4Norfolk England70
5Bristol, City of England34
6Argyll and Bute Scotland31
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland27
8Monmouthshire Wales22
9Cornwall England21
10Sefton England21
11Worcestershire England19
12Perth and Kinross Scotland17
13Denbighshire Wales17
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland16
15North Yorkshire England12
662 England243 Scotland117 Wales95 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 75 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,134
Peak month
April
Counties with records
75
Scientific name
Xylaria carpophila
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,067
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Sordariomycetes
Order
Xylariales
Family
Xylariaceae
Genus
Xylaria
Name with authority
Xylaria carpophila (Pers.) Fr.
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q998294 · GBIF 5255129